M <elwood...@web.de> writes: >> Von: Karl Voit <devn...@karl-voit.at> >> Organisation: www.karl-voit.at >> Antworten an: Karl Voit <news1...@karl-voit.at> >> Datum: Sat, 28 Jun 2014 13:43:31 +0200 >> An: <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org> >> Betreff: [O] Collecting unique selling proposition (USP) of Org-mode >> >> Hi! >> >> I was wondering if there are people out there who also need Org-mode >> features that are *not part of any other software solution*. For the >> usual question "why should I learn Emacs/Org-mode?" I'd like to have >> a list of cool Org-mode features that demonstrate the benefit. >> >> So, how about a short brainstorming here and a new Worg-page >> collecting those things? >> >> I start with: >> >> * seamlessly integrating notes, spreadsheet calculations, tasks, and >> more at one single place >> >> * being able to pipe results of program written in language A to >> another script in language B (babel) >> >> * quick and simple defining dependencies between tasks such as >> "doing groceries" is required for "cooking fancy dinner" >> (org-depend) >> > > Hi Karl, > > that's a very good idea. However, really _unique_ selling points might be > difficult to find. For your first one I'm not sure, but dependencies are > available in other tools to, so it's not a true USP.
Actually, it is a good USP for a task management system. Most other task management systems that I've seen (like Toodledo) only support one level of parent-child relationships and do not support task dependencies or they support it badly. > You have to know all "competitors" and their features to be sure it is a > true (unique!) USP. This is nearly impossible. That's what the newsgroup is for. > Martin -- David Masterson Programmer At Large