tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post3847355785504628963..comments2024-03-21T19:08:05.737-07:00Comments on Genealogy's Star: Buying Into the Revolution -- Part Five -- The Challenges and the FutureJames Tannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02989059644120454647noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post-83016149472285798002015-12-02T07:47:56.720-07:002015-12-02T07:47:56.720-07:00Very true, and for that to work, I think that the ...Very true, and for that to work, I think that the 1st thing that we need to accept is diversity. You and I are on different tracks on a couple of things, including the software that we work on, but we can cooperate if we both have the courage to discover what we have in common. To me that means that we should not seek for a brave new world, but build on the existing one, where different platforms are a reality, on our desktops, in our hands, and on the web, where FamilySearch, Geni, and My Heritage can and will co-exist.Enno Borgsteedehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15212823867293147091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post-30301347764866294762015-12-01T19:07:40.225-07:002015-12-01T19:07:40.225-07:00Well said.
AncestorSync started out with a good a...Well said.<br /><br />AncestorSync started out with a good attempt at meeting the challenges you talk about, but they abandoned their project. BetterGEDCOM and then FHISO had great hopes to improve data transfer between systems, but the initiative has no momentum. RootsMagic, Ancestral Quest, FamilySearch apps and others have made limited attempts to interface online data with their still person-centric databases.<br /><br />I guess it will be up to us developers to embrace the new world and come up with a real workable solution.Louis Kesslerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11704667321407909489noreply@blogger.com