I think unfounded statements like I have heard need to be taken with a grain of salt. Unless it can be substantiated and documented, then its all just another rumor on the Internet.
However, many large software houses have already switched to a subscription based sales. Adobe is one major example. Try buying a stand-alone version of Photoshop anymore. You are forced to rent it on a monthly or yearly basis. Yet, nobody complains about that. Within the next decade it would not surprise me at all if most software programs end up being subscription based be haps even Legacy Family Tree. So while you think you can switch to an open source OS like Linux, you may be forced to use subscription based applications. Of course, this all supposes that the Internet doesnt crash and burn in the next decade. Brian in CA From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Wes Sent: Friday, July 22, 2016 8:18 AM To: Legacy User Group Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Register for Webinar Friday - Windows 10 Survival Guide for Genealogists by Thomas MacEntee On 7/21/2016 10:05 PM, Steve Hayes wrote: On 21 Jul 2016 at 8:45, Geoff Rasmussen wrote: The Windows 10 operating system is not so much a choice as it is an inevitability. As Microsoft continues to remove support from Windows 8 and earlier versions, you should get on board the Windows 10 upgrade train now! Learn the new features of Windows 10, how it will impact how you research genealogy, and more. You´ll also learn which default Windows 10 settings to change as well as how to fix common "annoyances" experienced by most users. I have heard that as soon as Microsoft has enticed enough people into "upgrading" to Windows 10, they will turn it into a subscription software, as they do with some version of Office, so that the "free" upgrade will in fact lead to a lifelong debt that can never be paid off -- in fact a form of ransomware. . I therefore hope that Legacy will continue to work with older versions of Windows, and that the people at Millennia will seriously consider porting it to another platform, like Linux. If they tried to do that, you would see an amazing exodus to Linux. It would happen so fast, no one at Microsoft would know it until it was too late. Just my .02 Wes
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