Re: Re: Ecco Happy Place

"Alandlmc [email protected] [eccopro]" <[email protected]> Mon, 19 Aug 2019 17:13:18 -0400
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I=E2=80=99m not remembering the company off the top but I called them and i=
nquired about 10 years ago and they wanted $100,000 for the code. Don=E2=80=
=99t know what has changed since, so just FYI.

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> On Aug 19, 2019, at 3:28 PM, 'Oliver Bradley' [email protected] [ecco=
pro] <[email protected]> wrote:
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> Where is the source code for Ecco and who owns it? Updating it to run wit=
hout 32-bit support seems quite doable to me as a software developer. It se=
ems as though there is enough of an Ecco Pro community to pay for support a=
nd perhaps some development going forward if the intellectual property issu=
es can be resolved.
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>                 Oliver Bradley
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> Sent: Monday, August 19, 2019 8:00 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [eccopro] Re: Ecco Happy Place
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> r634718,
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> I totally agree with the way you use Ecco, and have used a similar scheme=
 for many years. Ecco continues to be indispensable as my main info and ope=
rations storage. Trouble is, there doesn=E2=80=99t appear to be any really =
useful Ecco replacement on the horizon. Very sad that StoryServer is fading=
 in the rear view mirror. It was always going to be a massive and expensive=
 task.
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> I have deep concerns about the iffy security of most of the available web=
-based outliners, which in any case don=E2=80=99t begin to offer the functi=
onality of Ecco. I don=E2=80=99t have any earth-shattering data in my Ecco =
file to protect, but even one=E2=80=99s day-to-day projects, outlining and =
planning need to be private, in a world of so many bad actors online.=20
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> I=E2=80=99m hoping that Windows doesn=E2=80=99t discontinue 32 bit suppor=
t as Apple is doing. I=E2=80=99ve found that as long as I export done-items=
 to a separate Ecco file, and keep well within the 64k limit, Ecco has been=
 rock solid. It also helps to compact and test the Ecco file frequently.
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> For me, the most important Ecco features are the ability to assign and au=
to-assign items to various folders, and to sort and filter easily. Slang=E2=
=80=99s Eccoext gave Ecco an orbital boost with his enhanced rules and sort=
s / filters. All these features are so basic to information storage and ret=
rieval that it=E2=80=99s hard to understand why they=E2=80=99re missing fro=
m most note-takers and outliners. Hope some vendors come around to that vie=
w before I have to stop using Ecco. Meantime, I hope Ecco continues long af=
ter I do.=20
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> GJ.
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      <p></p><div class=3D"WordSection1"><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=
=3D"font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;">Where is the source code for Ecco and =
who owns it? Updating it to run without 32-bit support seems quite doable t=
o me as a software developer. It seems as though there is enough of an Ecco=
 Pro community to pay for support and perhaps some development going forwar=
d if the intellectual property issues can be resolved.<o></o></span></p><p =
class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;"><o>&nbs=
p;</o></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;col=
or:#1F497D;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n=
bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Oliver Bradley<o></o></span></p><p class=3D"Ms=
oNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;"><o>&nbsp;</o></spa=
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in 0in;"><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><b><span style=3D"font-size:10.0pt;">From:<=
/span></b><span style=3D"font-size:10.0pt;"> <a href=3D"mailto:eccopro@yaho=
ogroups.com">[email protected]</a> [<a href=3D"mailto:eccopro@yahoogr=
oups.com">mailto:[email protected]</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, Augu=
st 19, 2019 8:00 AM<br><b>To:</b> <a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]=
">[email protected]</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [eccopro] Re: Ecco Happy P=
lace<o></o></span></p></div></div><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><o>&nbsp;</o></p><=
p class=3D"MsoNormal">&nbsp; <o></o></p><div id=3D"ygrp-mlmsg"><div id=3D"y=
grp-msg"><div id=3D"ygrp-text"><p>r634718,<br><br>I totally agree with the =
way you use Ecco, and have used a similar scheme for many years. Ecco conti=
nues to be indispensable as my main info and operations storage. Trouble is=
, there doesn=E2=80=99t appear to be any really useful Ecco replacement on =
the horizon. Very sad that StoryServer is fading in the rear view mirror. I=
t was always going to be a massive and expensive task.<br><br>I have deep c=
oncerns about the iffy security of most of the available web-based outliner=
s, which in any case don=E2=80=99t begin to offer the functionality of Ecco=
.. I don=E2=80=99t have any earth-shattering data in my Ecco file to protect=
, but even one=E2=80=99s day-to-day projects, outlining and planning need t=
o be private, in a world of so many bad actors online. <br><br>I=E2=80=99m =
hoping that Windows doesn=E2=80=99t discontinue 32 bit support as Apple is =
doing. I=E2=80=99ve found that as long as I export done-items to a separate=
 Ecco file, and keep well within the 64k limit, Ecco has been rock solid. I=
t also helps to compact and test the Ecco file frequently.<br><br>For me, t=
he most important Ecco features are the ability to assign and auto-assign i=
tems to various folders, and to sort and filter easily. Slang=E2=80=99s Ecc=
oext gave Ecco an orbital boost with his enhanced rules and sorts / filters=
.. All these features are so basic to information storage and retrieval that=
 it=E2=80=99s hard to understand why they=E2=80=99re missing from most note=
-takers and outliners. Hope some vendors come around to that view before I =
have to stop using Ecco. Meantime, I hope Ecco continues long after I do. <=
br><br>GJ.<br><br>iPad<o></o></p></div><div><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span st=
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