To me, the bottom line is that "collaborative" and "cross-platform" are not synonymous, and are distinct properties.
> Collaborative to me means I can easily add a person to a team and not have to spend a lot of time or money getting them different hardware or OS
This is assigning meaning to that word that just doesn't exist. There are separate variables at play:
- Collaboration features
- Platforms supported
- Cost
If I take what you said at face value, the software is no longer collaborative when it becomes cost prohibitive, but that doesn't make sense either. The software can be none or any or all of those things. If your criteria requires all three, then pick software that meets all three. Your need for all three has no bearing on how effectively collaborative this is for people who only need one.
In my mind, this tooling is collaborative, full stop.
This tooling is not cross-platform*.
If your needs require both boxes to be checked, a different tool like Miro is probably for you.
- *Although it does have a web interface, which admittedly I haven't used, so I can't comment on how effective it is.
> Collaborative to me means I can easily add a person to a team and not have to spend a lot of time or money getting them different hardware or OS
This is assigning meaning to that word that just doesn't exist. There are separate variables at play:
- Collaboration features
- Platforms supported
- Cost
If I take what you said at face value, the software is no longer collaborative when it becomes cost prohibitive, but that doesn't make sense either. The software can be none or any or all of those things. If your criteria requires all three, then pick software that meets all three. Your need for all three has no bearing on how effectively collaborative this is for people who only need one.
In my mind, this tooling is collaborative, full stop.
This tooling is not cross-platform*.
If your needs require both boxes to be checked, a different tool like Miro is probably for you.
- *Although it does have a web interface, which admittedly I haven't used, so I can't comment on how effective it is.