
#1
Posted 12 August 2012 - 10:58 PM
#2
Posted 13 August 2012 - 06:59 AM
Genealogy:
"I work on genealogy only on days that end in "Y"." [Grin!!!]
from www.GenealogyDaily.com.
"Documentation....The hardest part of genealogy"
"Genealogy is like Hide & Seek: They Hide & I Seek!"
" Genealogists: People helping people.....that's what it's all about!"
from http://www.rootsweb....nry/gentags.htm
Using FO and RM since FO2.0
#3
Posted 13 August 2012 - 08:35 AM
.....I won't buy Rootsmagic until a SaaS version is available, I won't buy any RootsMagic prodct.....
Welcome and what an interesting first post and introduction.
Keeping ones customers and their important views at a distance is never a good approach
User of Family Historian 7.0, Rootsmagic 7.6.3
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#4
Posted 13 August 2012 - 10:54 AM
And many of us will not put our important information on the cloud or internet for many reasons. I want the software on my PC.
The two approaches are not mutually exclusive. A product such as RM5 could potentially be offered both as a local PC program and also in the cloud. Users could then choose which approach they wanted to use.
The two approaches could even be combined. For example, you could use RM5 on your local PC which could be synchronized with the cloud. You could then have an iPad app which talked to your RM5 data in the cloud and you could take your iPad to the library and do realtime updates of your live data from there. And again, if you chose not to use the cloud part of the product, that could be your choice.
Jerry
#5
Posted 13 August 2012 - 02:54 PM
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#6
Posted 13 August 2012 - 04:05 PM
It seems an ideal way for some hacker to take over a lot of computers at once.
Of course, I am old fashioned enough that I would rather buy the tools and do it myself than have someone else sneak up and do something for me without me knowing about it.
#7
Posted 13 August 2012 - 07:35 PM
Aren't the advantages of Cloud software just pipe dreams of people with their heads floating around in the clouds?
It seems an ideal way for some hacker to take over a lot of computers at once.
Of course, I am old fashioned enough that I would rather buy the tools and do it myself than have someone else sneak up and do something for me without me knowing about it.
I agree Alfred.... I also want to know what is going on and trust someone else's server that could hacked or goes down. Sure am not there yet...
Genealogy:
"I work on genealogy only on days that end in "Y"." [Grin!!!]
from www.GenealogyDaily.com.
"Documentation....The hardest part of genealogy"
"Genealogy is like Hide & Seek: They Hide & I Seek!"
" Genealogists: People helping people.....that's what it's all about!"
from http://www.rootsweb....nry/gentags.htm
Using FO and RM since FO2.0
#8
Posted 13 August 2012 - 08:52 PM
Many of you are way ahead of me in terms of the number of computers in your home.For example, you could use RM5 on your local PC which could be synchronized with the cloud. You could then have an iPad app which talked to your RM5 data in the cloud and you could take your iPad to the library and do realtime updates of your live data from there. And again, if you chose not to use the cloud part of the product, that could be your choice.
Jerry
We have one computer with separate log on icons; and I have a USB for RM backups. I have a replacement-key program that works anywhere as long as the key is active. That is the only thing I have that could possible be classified as an app.
Since my local library does not permit the use of USB’s, why would I need an iPad app?
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but
good sources are based on citation, citation, citation!
Glenn
#9
Posted 14 August 2012 - 07:09 AM
Tom user of RM7630 FTM2017 Ancestry.ca FamilySearch.org FindMyPast.com wiki, exploiting the database in special ways >>>
app, a bundle of RootsMagic utilities.
#10
Posted 14 August 2012 - 07:15 AM
How you do your backup is an individual choice. Like the first comment on this discussion that is her/his choice. I do not like the cost of iPad or other readers. Makes no sense to have a lot of extra electronic machines when one works just fine. We used to have a saying at work, "why change it if it works."
Added: Tom was writing the same time. Totally agree with you on this statement.
"Regardless, I think RM users will fight against the loss of portable autonomy of the application and their databases (ability to use without connection to a network) and push for such things as optional cloud storage, cross-platform compatibility, collaborative working. etc. Those are meaningful goals - SaaS is not"
Genealogy:
"I work on genealogy only on days that end in "Y"." [Grin!!!]
from www.GenealogyDaily.com.
"Documentation....The hardest part of genealogy"
"Genealogy is like Hide & Seek: They Hide & I Seek!"
" Genealogists: People helping people.....that's what it's all about!"
from http://www.rootsweb....nry/gentags.htm
Using FO and RM since FO2.0
#11
Posted 14 August 2012 - 02:48 PM
Tom user of RM7630 FTM2017 Ancestry.ca FamilySearch.org FindMyPast.com wiki, exploiting the database in special ways >>>
app, a bundle of RootsMagic utilities.