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*praying* to find a good Clarisworks clone for Windows
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Posted by Dr Andus
Jan 1, 2015 at 10:05 PM
Tiggerlou wrote:
>It also has to be software that won’t go extinct anytime soon. I’ve
>looked up lots of outlining software just this morning, and to be
>honest, the websites look like they haven’t been touched in years and
>years. That does not inspire confidence in the stability or likely
>longevity of their product although I’d be happy to be convinced
>otherwise.
There are some software that have been so well made (kept simple) that they continue to be stable and work well in subsequent OS’s (Natara Bonsai comes to mind), even though they are no longer developed.
I think the important factor concerning longevity of data is the ability to export/import with ease from/into as wide a variety of standard formats as possible. Or to use software that does not keep all the associated content wrapped into a single proprietary file that only it can open but instead keeps content files in their own format (.doc, .xls, .jpg etc.) and only links to them.