True, to use the full functionality of org-mode, you do need Emacs. As long as one uses a note-taking system that uses plain text, they are good. Saying that, o

True, to use the full functionality of org-mode, you do need Emacs. As long as one uses a note-taking system that uses plain text, they are good. Saying that, org-mode has a specific syntax that all org files adhere to, so that you can re-format the files to any other format whenever you want (or use the in-built export options in Emacs/Org-mode to convert to Markdown/PDF/etc).