The problem is, some people get hung up on terminology. They accuse the programmers of being unnecessarily rigid, when in fact it is the individual who is rigid. The person has a set definition of marriage in mind and can't let his/her mind waiver from that definition. Unfortunately, folks purchase a software package, and then they think because they purchased a license (they didn't purchase the rights to the software), developers are obligated to customize the software to the individuals wants and desires.. Often times these requests are made with no concern as to what is involved to accede to the request, not any concern/regard how the request will affect others who also purchased a license for the software.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2013 3:06 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Never married option in Legacy 8--adopted child Since I grew up (I am an old guy now) the legal and accepted definitions of parent and marriage/partnering (and many other terms) have changed drastically and they continue to do so almost every day. It even depends what state one lives in. How can a computer program be expected to keep up with or anticipate all the changes and individual interpretations of these definitions? Note that I have only addressed the status in the US and have deliberately ignored the complexity of adding in the rest of the world. Don ------------------------------------ From: Pat Hickin <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Never married option in Legacy 8--adopted child Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:29:28 -0400 Malcolm wrote: " It is a fact that Legacy creates a "marriage" whenever a child is added to a single person." I don't have the following problem but I do know this situation exists in real life: What happens when you add an adopted child to a single parent??  I just now tried, and Legacy Immediately removed the "Never married and had no children" and whited out the option on the individual screen.  It also added an "unknown" spouse!  Surely this should not be!  If ever you need to be able to say 1) "never married" and even 2) "had no children" it would be in that situation!! Legacy, it seems to me, is sometimes rigid when there is no good reason for it. On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 9:42 AM, Ron Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: Assume that ! means DSP for individuals with no marriage records.  Perhaps if an individual is linked to marriage records and all of the marriage records have the "had no children" box checked, then the "double S" symbol might be displayed with the ! after it to similarly indicate end-of-line. Ron Taylor 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
