A Unique View on the Retirement of Family Tree Maker

As a software developer and as the webmaster for the GenSoftReviews.com website, Louis Kessler has a unique perspective about the recent announcement from Ancestry.com about the retirement of the Family Tree Maker program. Louis has written an excellent analysis and history of the program in a blog post on his Behold Genealogy blog entitled, "What Ancestry's "Retirement" of FTM Really Means." I would recommend that anyone concerned about this issue take the time to read about the history of the product. He also corrects some of my own perceptions to some extent.