EndNote 8 for Mac OS X begins shipping
updated 09:10 am EST, Tue November 30, 2004
EndNote 8 for Mac OS X
Thomson ResearchSoft today began shipping for Mac OS X, an upgrade to its popular bibliographic management software. EndNote 8 offers Unicode support for any language, unlimited library size, new reference types and fields, and Microsoft Word 2004 compatibility. It also offers the ability to preview a formatted reference list, a new compact Search interface, and support for transfers to handhelds running Palm OS 4.1 - 5.x. The software offers the ability to search multiple internet databases using one of 430 different connection files through a single interface, direct export of references from third-party sources to Endnote, drag & drop support for references, and more. The application worsk with Microsoft Word X and RTF files created by OpenOffice, FrameMaker, AppleWorks, and more. Endnote is available for $240 (electronic download) or $300 (CD and manual).
I can't believe
11/30, 10:19am reply
that in order to use Word 2004 for manuscripts I have to shell out for another upgrade of Endnote. How many times has Endnote screwed us by making us scientists wait for "the next version"? How about a cheap patch to make v7 work with Word 2004? Nothing else in v8 is compelling. Fool me thrice, shame on whom?
boomer0127
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Joined: Jan 2004
why not...
11/30, 03:51pm reply
...that's how they operate. they wait until everyone uses osx or until MS actually comes out with a new version of word, then, or rather a few days later, they start "developing" and voila after a year or so, lagging months behind the windows version, they present you with a brand new EN for mac at an "upgrade" price. And they consider themselves committed to the mac platform.
powerduck
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Joined: Aug 2002
the price of monopoly
12/02, 01:03pm reply
This is indeed nothing new for this company. I've written about it before:
http://netapps.muohio.edu/blogs/darcusb/darcusb/archives/2004/05/16/deja-vu-endnote-and-word-2004
I saw what they were doing a couple of years back, and am no longer an Endnote user. When you see this practice (paid bug-fixes) a first time, one might give the company the benefit of the doubt. But this has happened over and over. In my opinion this is a company that has utter contempt for its users.
We're long overdue for better open source alternatives.
BHD
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Joined: Apr 2002