[Rochus]

No, I worked with Ecco until about 2010 and then migrated all databases to Crossline; even though the original company didn't continue development of Ecco Pro there were (and still are) free installers on the Web and even people providing patches. My evaluation of Ecco Pro alternatives had it's peak in 2009 as far as I remember. Org-mode was already established. Of course I was biased as a long-time Ecco Pro user and looked for something with similar or even better features; Crossline can do things I missed in Ecco Pro and doesn't do things I rarely or never used in Ecco Pro; and I didn't spend a second in making it fancy looking, but a lot of time in making it as efficient, usable and powerful as possible; and it's definitely not suited for mobile devices, which is no problem for me since I need a laptop with a track-point to be able to work efficiently.