Upgrading from DTPO2 to DTP3 would bring me lots of benefits (especially custom meta) but one feature (that was one major reason for going for Pro Office) would be lacking: the web server. I understand that this may be seen as a corporate feature (dozens of people accessing a database) but for me it was a way of using DT in my windows machine, together with my Mac. Thus, the upgrade to Pro3 (which I will do anyway) will make me lose this functionality I relied on DTPO2, and the upgrade to DT3 Server is a bit hefty for me. Could it be considered a Server version for individuals, not corporation, something that allowed only one single user to use the server functionality?). Maybe thatās a bit complicated now, I donāt know. Thanks for the wonderful software!
While I can make no promises, itās certainly something we could consider.
But thanks for the kind words and asking so nicely 
Let me add my support for @bmscmoreira and this request. My sole use of server is integration with Curio at present, but Iām very likely to find myself working with clients who demand that I use their Windows kit.
If there was a way of providing server features for individuals, it would help me a lot. Iāll happily pay something for the additional functions, but Iām going to struggle to meet the cost as it currently ease (even with the discounted education licence, which Iām fortunate to be able to get).
Thanks
Iām very likely to find myself working with clients who demand that I use their Windows kit.
Note: By your wording, this describes a business use, i.e., the intended market for the Server edition.
Not really - Iām a freelance project manager. I work on client sites. Sometimes, I am permitted to use my own equipment (MacBook, iPad), in which case I have no issue. Sometimes, I am required to use their equipment without (understandably) any ability to install my own applications.
In those cases, the ability access key data I use in my assignment over the web is extremely useful (occasionally critical). I am not looking to share my DT database with anyone else - Iām looking to access data for my use. If Iām able to use an iPad, I can use DTTG - but that depends on a network connection, which is not always available when on site.
Of course, since Iām using this as part of my work, you can call it business use. But I expect that you have very few customers who donāt use DT to support their work.
But I expect that you have very few customers who donāt use DT to support their work.
- Using DEVONthink for work doesnāt require you purchase Server, but the Server edition is geared toward that market.
- We have a very broad clientele. DEVONthink is not just for business or academia and we have many people using it for non-business purposes.
Thanks for your responses. I feel as if weāre talking at cross-purposes, but maybe Iām not expressing myself well.
Letās leave it with my support for a request to provide is limited-use version of Server at a lower price, as per the OP. As in that post, I appreciate that it might not be easy technically, and that it might create issues with your strategy for DT. And Iām not going be whingeing if you choose not to/are unable to do it. Itās a request, not a demand
DT user base is complex hence the difficulty IMHO on defining its editions feature setsā¦ take me: Iām using for now DT exclusively for my PhD. Educational, non-profit (business); but as soon as itās over I see several scenarios for using it for teaching. Educational, but profit is generated; and I see others on the horizon, having nothing to do with āeducationā or āteachingā or āresearchingā.
My closing suggestions (I think the point has been made) would be to offer this limited server access either by locking machines (i.e. MAC address or whatever) and only allowing specific machines to access devonthink web server, or concurrent use (only allowing one external machine to connect at a time, with/without user login).
Just my 2c!
Cheers!
Itās a request, not a demand
I totally understand - and appreciate that. 
Interesting thoughts. No promises, but thanks for the input.
I have two licenses of DEVONthink Pro Office, Iāve only upgraded one due to cost (Iām no longer working). My usage similar to bmscmoreira, with Mac/Windows. For now, Iāll not migrate my Database to DEVONthink 3, hopefully, a solution can be devised possibly along the lines suggested regarding locking machines.
A limited server functionality would be a godsend to people like me that sometimes have to use their windows machine but also access their files in devonthink. So add my voice to this request .
Another (single user) who is having to decide whether to give up Devonthink because of the loss of the web-server enabled Curio interaction. A lower cost, single-user web server option would save you from losing Curio users completely.
(Asking a Curio user to find an alternative isā¦ well once youāve used Curio, there arenāt any!).
(Asking a Curio user to find an alternative isā¦ well once youāve used Curio, there arenāt any!)
Many DEVONthink users would state the same.
Very true, and Iād agree with them as well! Thereās no replacement for DT either.
And to be fair I donāt know for certain Iād just give up on Devonthink entirely, for that reason, but they are THE two central components of workflow for many users: so this FEELS like (I know its not at ALL the intention) parents divorcing and ceasing to speak to each other unless the kids pony up extra money.
(Hence my tone which I now see is a bit much - sorry- especially since one could just stick with V2, I assume, though the cool kids with the dough and no parent from Zengobia will get to go to a much nicer school in V3.)
Agreed with this.
No worries about the tone. And while I cannot make policy or say this will change, I will assure you we read all these posts. Again, that doesnāt mean it will change, but these things are certainly not merely ignored.
Paying for an āupgradeā to get a major key feature removed is not customer-centric in my opinion. I feel Iāve wasted my money with my upgrade cost. I could have managed with V2 Pro Office quite happily. Iāve been a long time happy user and I even purchased an upgrade to Pro Office for my wife, Iām now not happy, so I do hope a solution can be found, as I am unable to get away from needing Windoze for some of my applications. I use DEVONthink To Go extensively from my iPad and iPhone. I LOVE and have Loved DEVONthink for years, sad that the V3 Upgrade has put a spanner in the works, at least for me 
I confess Iām also a bit of mixed feelings right now. On the one hand smart rules + reminders (and everything else of course), on the other losing server functionality.
Will upgrading to DT3 allow us to keep using DT2 Pro Office at the same time? In my case not all databases need to be used by windows (i.e. through webserver) so I could use the majority of them with DT3 and the ones which require Windows with DT2PO. Not an ideal solution by all means, and I donāt know for sure how prone to error it isā¦
Will upgrading to DT3 allow us to keep using DT2 Pro Office at the same time?
This is not a path we would advocate.