Why do you CRIMP?

Posted by Dr Andus
Jul 27, 2013 at 09:50 PM

Once on this forum I lamented the lack of some kind of an organised marketplace where users could evaluate and rank various outliner and productivity software.

Well, it seems that http://alternativeto.net/ is emerging as something like that. It looks great for a bit of CRIMPing.

See e.g. http://alternativeto.net/tag/note-taking/

Except that I find myself completely disagreeing with the rankings. All my most favourite software languish at the bottom of their respective categories.

What could that mean?

a) I only like unpopular software ( perhaps because I’m insufficiently informed about what’s best for me or what the best software in their categories out there are)?

b) People who know about software are too busy being productive with their tools and don’t have time to register with “Alternative To”, which leaves the ranking process in the hands of poorly informed users?

c) People who make the best PIM, outliner, note-taking etc. software are one-man bands who don’t have the time to be promoting their software and may not have the right marketing expertise either?

d) The best software in any category tends to be specialist, niche software, and therefore unlikely to attract huge number of users (especially of the kind that bother to register with “Alternative To”)?