Mike Fry wrote: > On 2010/07/07 01:07, David wrote: > >> Clearly Mike, Legacy is not a Document Management System, but why >> should it not be a complete package? Why should there not be a add-on >> or companion program which neatly ties the management of genealogical >> documents to the base program which maintains the genealogical >> information gleaned from them. Who wouldn’t want a program which >> simplified the maintenance of the thousands of documents we >> accumulate. And Ron, if you are worried about the cost, as a >> companion program, you wouldn’t have to buy it! Personally, I just >> want Legacy to be the best package in the world. How's that for >> arrogance? > > Add-ons are fine, but this sort of discussion often descends into > requests for addition functions that some people then turn into > demands. Whilst requests for enhancements are all very well, there is > a sizeable number of us long-term users that would much prefer to see > some of the long-outstanding bugs fixed, before enhancements are > considered. We would also, well, I would for one, like to see the > program modularised so that we can pick and choose which > functionality we want to use and thus control the size of the > download.
And I would add, that even the development of "companion programs" cost money, so I'm afraid, David, that I do not understand where your "you wouldn't have to buy it comes from". Legacy has a number of programs which may be called "companion" but they all cost (except, arguably, Legacy Charting) Ron Ferguson _____________________________________________________ *New* Tutorial: Add Location Pins to Google Earth http://www.fergys.co.uk Includes the family tree for Alan J Grimshaw And the Fergusons of N.W. England ____________________________________________________ Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
