Anytype.io

Posted by MadaboutDana
Jul 24, 2023 at 06:40 AM

Oh dear, the Lotus Agenda thing again. I can’t believe people are still “accusing” developers of ripping off Agenda. It’s an ancient program, pretty good in its own way, but with very limited resemblance to AnyType (or indeed any other modern PIM), except inasmuch as it uses a list format, a calendar, and rich-text notes. As did many programs before it. Agenda itself was accused of being a rip-off of another well-known PIM in the day, the name of which I’ve totally forgotten.

AnyType is more similar, perhaps, to Lotus Notes, but that was a truly horrible thing. I admit to being fascinated by it and trying to use it as the backbone of our intracompany communications. But it just wasn’t friendly enough (especially for sysadmins!). We resorted instead to a very powerful but now, alas, moribund mail/notes/filing system called DeskNow. Very easy to use, very powerful Australian software that died a couple of decades ago.