Judy, I'll probably do the same. Right now, I'm just trying to figure out exactly *what* and *how much* we'd lose by going to another program. I haven't figured that out yet. I'm also wondering like crazy what the new Windows OS will be like (not that I plan to upgrade to it as soon as it's released but just when I have to!). I also guess I'm getting way off topic here . . . Franke Liles Richmond, VA In a message dated 9/24/2014 12:03:42 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, jmadnick@gmail.com writes: Frankie, I'm with you when you say "Nevertheless, I am encouraged by your thought that we could go 10 years with TMG. At my stage and age, I really don't wish to go to another program and think I would just lose too much information." At this point I'll read with interest the experience of others and stay with TMG until I have no choice...and perhaps someday I'll just have to make a decision. Judy Madnick Albany, NY On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 10:55 AM, Frlva via <tmg-refugees@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > Well, thanks for your comments, Jerry. I also was thinking about the > operating system compatibility, but I knew I had not ever gone for five years, > much less 10 years, on one operating system (except for DOS) and was > wondering whether, in the past, I could have done so if I'd had to do it. I don't > do GEDCOMs, since I use so many custom sentences. This is a decision I made > when I first transferred from ROOTS/UFT to TMG, and I don't share file, > either. Perhaps I made a bad decision at that time. > > I've also been wondering about the very large Memos I write. I know I > discussed this with Bob V. early on (when I transferred to TMG in the 1990's). > He assured me it would never be a problem, and it hasn't been. I'm not sure > whether Roots Magic (or any other genealogical software) allows basically > unlimited Memo text and has such a Memo field. I also write custom citations > and wonder whether these would transfer. > > Nevertheless, I am encouraged by your thought that we could go 10 years > with TMG. At my stage and age, I really don't wish to go to another program > and think I would just lose too much information. > > Thanks again. > > Frankie > > > In a message dated 9/24/2014 10:22:38 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > tmg-refugees@rootsweb.com writes: > > 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 > *** > 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