Why you can't trust the cloud: Google shutters Notebook

Posted by Alexander Deliyannis
Jan 18, 2009 at 04:08 PM

Two comments:

#1 To me, Google Notebook’s demise _isn’t_ reason enough not to trust the cloud (though there may be other valid ones). We all have seen the end of development of many programs we used to rely upon, but that was no reason to stop using software altogether. As far as I can tell, all material entered into GN will remain accessible, but there will be no new features added. What I would suggest is that this case (as many others) is a good reason not to rely on ‘free’ services alone.

#2 I hadn’t heard of UberNote, but to me it looks like a complete EverNote clone, down to the elephant logo! I suspect that somebody from EN’s developing team left and started their own spin-off business. I would also note though that UN data is only accessible via the web. EN, in contrast, started out as an offline program and is now cross-platform and web-aware. Even if EN’s servers close down, data in one’s computer remains accessible.

Alexander