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Has Nisus disappeared?
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Posted by satis
Oct 27, 2025 at 04:49 PM
Written by Joe Kissell who authored ‘The Nisus Way,’ owns the ‘Take Control of’ line of Mac-related ebooks, and is close to the devs because Nisus is ‘mission critical’ to his ebook creation process.
But it doesn’t look good. As Kissell writes, “Martin Wierschin, Dave Larson, and Mark Hurvitz (each of whom was the public face of Nisus Software at one point) are no longer at the company. Jolanta is in her late 80s, and Jerzy is older than Jolanta. As best I can determine, Jerzy is not actively involved with the business anymore, and Jolanta’s involvement appears to be minimal. I don’t think there are any other employees left at Nisus Software.”
Apparently the last dev who worked on Nisus is now at Apple.
As usual on forums several ignored Kissell saying he’d considered the other contenders and they spat out recommendations for the usual suspects plus inappropriate options like text processors. (I’m on a music forum and just watched someone ask about experience with a specific piece of hardware, and most of the replies were about alternatives - typical.)
Posted by Amontillado
Oct 28, 2025 at 10:23 PM
I see at the moment the Nisus site delivers a bad gateway error indicating the server behind an application gateway is in need of a little care.
Or, that could be spinoff from this morning. Godaddy and other prominent sites were inaccessible from here. My understanding is a DDOS event wreaked a little havoc.
Nisus has fostered a lot of writing and creative thought. It deserves better than what’s happening now.
I wish there was an effective way to send feedback. Not to offer a stranger’s annoying advice. I wish I could express gratitude.