So, is ConnectedText really dead now?

Posted by Graham Rhind
Nov 29, 2017 at 10:14 AM

In this case I have to respectfully disagree. Obviously if a website goes down for one day and we all start spreading rumours about a software’s demise, that’s not fair. But in the case of CT there have been concerns about its future, expressed privately first, and publicly later, for over a year. Eduardo has had every chance to clarify the situation but has not done so, so I would say that if he is losing customers because of these rumours that would be down to him. Though in an ideal world we would only buy software for what it does now and not what it might do in the future, we also need to be sure that it continues to work when, for example, operating systems get updates, and clearly knowledge software often contains information we need to be sure that we can continue to access. I have a lot invested in CT so hope that it continues to work on future versions of Windows, but I think it’s fair that situations like this are exposed, as honestly as possible, so that people who choose to buy do so in the full knowledge of the current situation.

Prion wrote:
This kind of post (whether done in good faith or intended as a shortcut
>to a quicker answer) may have unintended consequences for single
>developers who first and foremost rely on word of mouth.
>A few messages such as the one above discourage future buyers and create
>exactly the outcome predicted (see, I told ye!) but is entirely self
>fulfilling.
>A sustainable shareware culture does not work like this and yes,
>occasionally programs we care about go the way of the dodo but there is
>no need to increase that rate artificially for some short-lived benefit.
> >
>Prion