I'm sure that's the case, but that has never stopped any of the open source folk...........
Joan On 17/10/2011 11:11, Ron Ferguson wrote: > Joan, > > People have been saying this for over 10 years, so don't hold your breath. > It is not in the interests of the software manufacturers for them to do > anything about it. > > Ron Ferguson > http://www.fergys.co.uk/ > > -----Original Message----- > From: Joan Kemp > Sent: Monday, October 17, 2011 9:50 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Sourcewriter to Basic > > I downloaded& played with the synchronisation software for a few > minutes, but it will only synchronise with a paid-for web service at the > moment - and I'm not paying to experiment! > > What is needed is an updated version of the gedcom file transfer format > which will handle extra information. I think that gedcom is open source > (but stand to be corrected here) and no-one has had the impetus to > update it. > > Joan > > On 17/10/2011 01:30, Chick Lewis wrote: >> Amen to that !!! >> >> On Sun, Oct 16, 2011 at 5:20 PM, James Cook<[email protected]> wrote: >>> I a hoping that if/when the day comes to move to another software that >>> it will read native Legacy files. Also, a message was posted recently >>> about Legacy sharing it's templates with a group working on making the >>> transfer between systems manageable. Hopefully that will be in place >>> by he time we need it. >>> > > > > 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 > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on > our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > 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 Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
