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How frustrating that must be to you. I know you are probably even more anxious to get this version released as we are to receive it. Personally, one thing I have always appreciated about you is you care enough about us to keep us informed on a regular basis. Thank you. There are many software developers out ...

After reading the blog & the comments, plus the recent post by Dick Eastman about PCs & Macs going the way of the Dodo bird and all the apps going to the 'cloud', I was wondering just how much incentive there is for anyone to work on a new standard. It would mean all the software companies would have a ...

That's really unfortunate. It makes me question if the current board members are even serious about the project. Or are they just feeling overwhelmed and helpless at the task and unable to lead the organization forward? What about the founding sponsors? Rootsweb, Ancestry, etc? Have they lost their passion and ...

As you may (not) have noticed, I withdrew from the FHISO mailing lists a while back -- too much talking, not enough structure and no progress or anything to suggest that progress would ever be made...

I'll be honest, when I was researching genealogical data standards I thought that FHISO and the BetterGEDCOM project were defunct. Sure, there seems to be some activity on the website, but nothing concrete and no real signs of life. I could see no reasons why I, as a software developer and genealogy enthusiast, ...

Louis, I hope you and your wife have a wonderful vacation! It is well deserved. The "teaser" of 1.1 looks great. I especially like the fact that sources are included! Deck

Very well stated. uwem. And absolutely true. Speaking of the LDS data, it's not only people uploading their "50,000 name" files with little or no source documentation. Much of the transcribed work by the hard working and well meaning LDS volunteers suffer from plain old fatigue. Imagine sitting in front of a ...

Hi guys, I'm a bit astonished that you seem to believe that source-based genealogy is a new concept and/or trend. No serious genealogist (well, at least the ones I know...) would base his or her research on hearsay, assumptions or other people's GEDCOM files ever. The data available at the LDS is a good ...