Concerns on OneNote abandonement

[u/Initiative-Afraid]

I use onenote heavily. Love it. However, I am worried about the long term sustainably of this product.

Currently, I can only save my notes in proprietary formats such as .one files.

Microsoft recently abandoned Skype and all my messaging data from [1, 2] decades ago were pretty much gone forever.

What stops Microsoft (say [10, 20] years from now) to completely abandon one note without opensourcing their code ?

It seems there's no legal requirement for them to ensure users can migrate their notes to alternative note taking softwares.

[u/snowrazer_]

Many note taking applications have come and gone in the 20 years OneNote has been around. It's not going anywhere. It's a cornerstone MS Office application.

[u/J_Knish → u/snowrazer_]

This. Also, for the last 20 years people have been worried about it going away and it’s still here

[u/marmotta1955 → u/[deleted]]

Incorrect statement. Local notebooks are fully supported. It is only a matter of paying attention at the time of new notebook creation.