Hi Jerry, Do you really think we have five to ten years to use TMG? If this is true, I find this somewhat hopeful. Would you mind sharing with us some of your thoughts on why you think we have this long? I would find that very helpful. Thanks. Frankie In a message dated 9/24/2014 8:45:19 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, tmg-refugees@rootsweb.com writes: > Of course, if I need to keep TMG running anyway, I might just as well > continue to use it for everything. It’s a tough decision. You probably have 5 or 10 years before it happens, but TMG *will* quit working on new computers at some point. Jerry *** To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TMG-REFUGEES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the message subject and body. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TMG-REFUGEES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

It’s strictly an operating system issue and has nothing to do with TMG itself or any other particular application. My experience is that applications will continue to function for quite a while ask desktop operating systems evolve. Which is to say, operating systems tend to maintain a lot of backwards compatibility. There’s obviously no guarantees, but applications released in 2009 almost certainly still work on my desktop and applications released on 2004 usually do. But many applications from longer ago than that no longer work. This of course says nothing about interoperability between TMG and other genealogy software. But even there, GEDCOM is the main interoperability issue and GEDCOM seems to evolve at a glacial pace. Jerry From: Frlva@aol.com Sent: Wed, September 24, 2014 9:18 AM To: c24m48@hotmail.com ; tmg-refugees@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [TMG-REFUGEES] Family entry mode Hi Jerry, Do you really think we have five to ten years to use TMG? If this is true, I find this somewhat hopeful. Would you mind sharing with us some of your thoughts on why you think we have this long? I would find that very helpful. Thanks. Frankie

I agree w/Jerry for the most part... however when we systems went from MS Windows XP to MS Windows 7 the reports in TMG were dead. Granted the rest of the program worked... just something to keep in mind. Julie On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 10:15 AM, Jerry Bryan via <tmg-refugees@rootsweb.com > wrote: > It’s strictly an operating system issue and has nothing to do with TMG > itself or any other particular application. My experience is that > applications will continue to function for quite a while ask desktop > operating systems evolve. Which is to say, operating systems tend to > maintain a lot of backwards compatibility. There’s obviously no guarantees, > but applications released in 2009 almost certainly still work on my desktop > and applications released on 2004 usually do. But many applications from > longer ago than that no longer work. > > This of course says nothing about interoperability between TMG and other > genealogy software. But even there, GEDCOM is the main interoperability > issue and GEDCOM seems to evolve at a glacial pace. > > Jerry > > > From: Frlva@aol.com > Sent: Wed, September 24, 2014 9:18 AM > To: c24m48@hotmail.com ; tmg-refugees@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [TMG-REFUGEES] Family entry mode > > Hi Jerry, > > Do you really think we have five to ten years to use TMG? If this is true, > I find this somewhat hopeful. Would you mind sharing with us some of your > thoughts on why you think we have this long? I would find that very > helpful. Thanks. > > Frankie > > *** > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TMG-REFUGEES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the message subject and body. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TMG-REFUGEES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message