Mark Bernstein’s foresight with his board deserves a salute`. Stability into the future is critical.
A very sad case in point is Nisus, a powerful and well respected Mac word processor. A thread titled “Is Nisus moribund” has been one of the most active threads on the Nisus forum for many long months without response from Nisus.
Nisus.com is intermittently unavailable. Joe Kissell, a passionate Nisus user and author of all those “Taking Control Of” books posted that he’s been unable to get in touch with anyone at Nisus.
Customer support email is no longer answered.
Nobody knows what has happened. The only interaction with Nisus that’s presently working is automated purchases. The opinions generally expressed on their forums is that Nisus is receding from the public stage without any board to carry it forward.
I hope Nisus roars back to life. A few years ago I discovered Mellel actually suits me better but I’ve always had a fondness for Nisus.
Mr. Bernstein deserves a round of applause for his board, and here’s hoping his days are long enough for science to finally find a fountain of youth. Considering the progress his personal investment and passion for Tinderbox has facilitated, the world needs more like him.