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I added the Info Select link. If you think this is spam, because it only links to their website, then change it to a Wikipedia link or no link at all. However, Info Select belongs on a list of PIM software. It is the Windows successor to the DOS program Tornado which received much critical praise in the early to mid 90s. Slowmover 22:46, 1 February 2006 (UTC)
On reading the "external spam link" help page, I've taken the link off the page. Slowmover 22:52, 1 February 2006 (UTC)
Guys:
I don't understand why Info Select isn't listed here. It appears to me to be a prime representative of software fitting this category. By the way, the company spells it in two words. See http://www.miclog.com to verify that. There appear to be a number of pieces PIM software that are getting short shrift here. Can anyone say why? 1p2o3i ( talk) 21:55, 1 April 2011 (UTC)
I' am not an expert but there is a WebCalender free software a PHP/SQL product i've not used at this time. It can be used on an XP platform with mySQL At the moment it seems to be more acheived than other products
— Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.248.84.133 ( talk • contribs) 14: 56:24, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
The article Comparison of personal information managers is not a comparison at all but just another list. I suggest that article should be merged into this article. -- FP (talk) (edits) 11:33, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
As of now, the comparison doesn't state a sufficient amount of useful informations; having the programs compared by their features would be most useful. -- 93.46.46.121 ( talk) 16:11, 31 May 2012 (UTC)
I don't want to mess with other people's work for now, but I think it would greatly enhance the readability of the article if it was structured into sections like in this article: List of PDF software
Right now there is a mishmash of products named CompanyName ProductName and others named just ProductName. Examples of the former are Microsoft and Google products; examples of the latter are GoldMine (made by FrontRange Solutions) and MyInfo (by Mellenix). There's even at least one that's just CompanyName: Kerio (really Kerio MailServer). Understand, the branding of products with too-generic product names so you end up having to invoke the company name to narrow it down is quite deliberate on the part of the companies ("Microsoft Office").
One way of handling this issue is to have a column for software publisher and a column for product name. What do people think?
thundt 00:46, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
Right now the alphabetization has gotten a bit out of whack, especially in the "M" section of the list.
But before spending time on this, IMO, the product name/company name issue ought to be settled...
thundt 00:48, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
This page has a lot of redlinks. The norm on lists like this is that entries only get created where the subject is notable, and notability is judged by whether a Wikipedia article exists. Reading WP:WTAF explains the idea better than I can.
I think this list would benefit from moving towards the same standards, and would suggest that;
Mayalld ( talk) 20:15, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
I've removed some red links apps based on what I could find about them on Google. I've used a combination of these criteria:
If I've over-deleted, feel free to put some of the apps back.
Laurent ( talk) 18:03, 26 January 2009 (UTC)
Proposed
Sanjiv swarup ( talk) 11:24, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
Merger with Comparison of office suites
Reason = There is hardly any distinction between personal information managers and Office suites
It seems simpler to merge
I think merging PIMs with office suites is a very bad idea. Office suites are entirely different, and merging the two categories would muddy up understanding of what's what. It's like having an article on bananas also pertain to grapes 1p2o3i ( talk) 21:58, 1 April 2011 (UTC)
I'm going to do so clean up and check all the applications in the list. I'll put a "VERIFIED" comment next to each of those that seem ok. I'll check Google, Google News, Alexa as well as the original article for sources. Please don't remove the "VERIFIED" comment so that we can keep track of what has been checked or not! Thanks. Laurent ( talk) 19:21, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
In GNU Emacs I use BBDB. Please mention it. Jidanni ( talk) 23:15, 12 May 2009 (UTC)
There's a warning comment about too many external links, but I only see 4 or so. Is the warning obsolete, or am I missing something? (I'm a newbie.) Mjsteiner ( talk) 04:08, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
Osmo and qOrganizer — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.219.212.102 ( talk) 16:41, 12 April 2012 (UTC)
This is elitist nonsense which is making this list far less helpful and useful than it could be.
There are a lot of great old well established PIMs missing from this list because of it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.85.107.68 ( talk) 15:37, 14 May 2020 (UTC)
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I added the Info Select link. If you think this is spam, because it only links to their website, then change it to a Wikipedia link or no link at all. However, Info Select belongs on a list of PIM software. It is the Windows successor to the DOS program Tornado which received much critical praise in the early to mid 90s. Slowmover 22:46, 1 February 2006 (UTC)
On reading the "external spam link" help page, I've taken the link off the page. Slowmover 22:52, 1 February 2006 (UTC)
Guys:
I don't understand why Info Select isn't listed here. It appears to me to be a prime representative of software fitting this category. By the way, the company spells it in two words. See http://www.miclog.com to verify that. There appear to be a number of pieces PIM software that are getting short shrift here. Can anyone say why? 1p2o3i ( talk) 21:55, 1 April 2011 (UTC)
I' am not an expert but there is a WebCalender free software a PHP/SQL product i've not used at this time. It can be used on an XP platform with mySQL At the moment it seems to be more acheived than other products
— Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.248.84.133 ( talk • contribs) 14: 56:24, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
The article Comparison of personal information managers is not a comparison at all but just another list. I suggest that article should be merged into this article. -- FP (talk) (edits) 11:33, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
As of now, the comparison doesn't state a sufficient amount of useful informations; having the programs compared by their features would be most useful. -- 93.46.46.121 ( talk) 16:11, 31 May 2012 (UTC)
I don't want to mess with other people's work for now, but I think it would greatly enhance the readability of the article if it was structured into sections like in this article: List of PDF software
Right now there is a mishmash of products named CompanyName ProductName and others named just ProductName. Examples of the former are Microsoft and Google products; examples of the latter are GoldMine (made by FrontRange Solutions) and MyInfo (by Mellenix). There's even at least one that's just CompanyName: Kerio (really Kerio MailServer). Understand, the branding of products with too-generic product names so you end up having to invoke the company name to narrow it down is quite deliberate on the part of the companies ("Microsoft Office").
One way of handling this issue is to have a column for software publisher and a column for product name. What do people think?
thundt 00:46, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
Right now the alphabetization has gotten a bit out of whack, especially in the "M" section of the list.
But before spending time on this, IMO, the product name/company name issue ought to be settled...
thundt 00:48, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
This page has a lot of redlinks. The norm on lists like this is that entries only get created where the subject is notable, and notability is judged by whether a Wikipedia article exists. Reading WP:WTAF explains the idea better than I can.
I think this list would benefit from moving towards the same standards, and would suggest that;
Mayalld ( talk) 20:15, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
I've removed some red links apps based on what I could find about them on Google. I've used a combination of these criteria:
If I've over-deleted, feel free to put some of the apps back.
Laurent ( talk) 18:03, 26 January 2009 (UTC)
Proposed
Sanjiv swarup ( talk) 11:24, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
Merger with Comparison of office suites
Reason = There is hardly any distinction between personal information managers and Office suites
It seems simpler to merge
I think merging PIMs with office suites is a very bad idea. Office suites are entirely different, and merging the two categories would muddy up understanding of what's what. It's like having an article on bananas also pertain to grapes 1p2o3i ( talk) 21:58, 1 April 2011 (UTC)
I'm going to do so clean up and check all the applications in the list. I'll put a "VERIFIED" comment next to each of those that seem ok. I'll check Google, Google News, Alexa as well as the original article for sources. Please don't remove the "VERIFIED" comment so that we can keep track of what has been checked or not! Thanks. Laurent ( talk) 19:21, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
In GNU Emacs I use BBDB. Please mention it. Jidanni ( talk) 23:15, 12 May 2009 (UTC)
There's a warning comment about too many external links, but I only see 4 or so. Is the warning obsolete, or am I missing something? (I'm a newbie.) Mjsteiner ( talk) 04:08, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
Osmo and qOrganizer — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.219.212.102 ( talk) 16:41, 12 April 2012 (UTC)
This is elitist nonsense which is making this list far less helpful and useful than it could be.
There are a lot of great old well established PIMs missing from this list because of it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.85.107.68 ( talk) 15:37, 14 May 2020 (UTC)