Leo makes the case for using text files for storing notes and other data for the sake of portability and simplicity. I’ve certainly made the same case here.
I do have to call out one item in his post though. He argues that, Notational Velocity stores your info in a database. While that is the default, the latest version now includes the option to store your notes as text files — which is the way I have chosen.
that they can be read only any platform.