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Ancestry have added a bit since yesterday, which I think makes the situation clearer:
http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2...ktop-software/ The most significant statements on it, I think, are: "Most Family Tree Maker features are designed to work offline, and should continue to function unless a change on your computer, such as an operating system update, causes the functionality to break." According to my personal computer man, updates will ultimately be FTM's biggest problem. "You will continue to be able to access your data through the desktop software beyond Jan. 1, 2017, however over time there will be a gradual degradation of features. You can always export your tree and save it." Not quite sure what that means in practice, but it doesn't sound good. However, we have until 2017 to get sorted out. |
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Thanks, Terri.
When people are saying they will buy a new family tree software package and move their tree over to it, I wonder how sure they can be that whatever they buy will continue to be "supported" by the vendors for any longer than FTM will be? If ancestry have taken a business decision to stop selling FTM because the demand for that kind of software has dropped, aren't other software companies likely to do the same thing in the near future?
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From their Head of Social Media:
"As someone who uses the product personally, I understand your concerns on being able to sync your online/offline trees easily and having a long term 'offline' home for your family history in the years to come. " "There are discussions taking place on working with other desktop software solutions that would make it possible for their products to integrate with Ancestry so you could continue to sync your tree(s). The product team is also reviewing the opportunity to bring more reports and related functionality from Family Tree Maker into the online service." "There will be more information available over the next couple of months and we will share as soon as we have more news." |
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http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2...ktop-software/
'You will be able to use the software, exactly as you do now, including TreeSync, for at least the next year.' Yay. EDIT: Is it inappropriate for me to say that Terri is really, really hot?
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