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From: jmcpa <>
Subject: [TMG] Re: TMG 32-bit
Date: Sun, 03 Jun 2001 12:45:46 -0500
References: <200106031659.f53Gxc202859@lists5.rootsweb.com>


Yes, there have been 32-bit programs out there for a long time. However, TMG and
UFT(RIII) were written in FoxPro. Fox Pro was purchased by Microsoft and until 1999
Microsoft, as a company policy and in defense of Access, decided not to upgrade Fox Pro
to 32-bit. This left everyone with FoxPro based software in somewhat of a hole.

Microsoft has since changed the policy and released a 32-bit version of FoxPro. UFT
tried to convert from 16-bit to 32-bit and managed to disappear in the process. The
port was so expensive and time consuming that, I believe, Commsoft sold out to
Palladium to raise sufficient capital to make the transition. Even this did not work as
Palladium's main goal was to repackage the product and sell the company. RIP Roots.

I have also been somewhat disappointed with Wholly Genes because of this "prepayment"
for the pre-release version of TMG 5.0. They have made no effort to keep those who
paid, in advance, for what is now clearly vaporware, informed. They are working on our
money that was paid in good faith. My complaint here is lack of communication. I
believe that the only way to have quality genealogy software is to make this kind of
"donation" to the cause from time to time.

In any case, the transition from 16-bit to 32-bit is *not* trivial. I believe that Bob
is doing everything possible to provide us with a fine product. I also believe that Bob
needs to loosen up a bit in his "no talking" policy. We have effectively financed part
of the development and have some stake in the process. Those of us who went through the
Roots-Palladium-Banner Blue cycle are rightly worried that it is happening all over
again.

What's up, Bob?

> Subject: [TMG] TMG 32-bit
> Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2001 03:52:31 -0700
> From: "Steve Shook" <

> Gee, 32-bit technology has been available since 1993/4 and was, more

> less, standardized across the software industry in 1995. I find it
> unblievable that TMG is NOT 32-bit. Wholly Genes and Bob Velke have to
> be wasting a huge amount of technical support time on issues that are
> DIRECTLY related to the 16-bit versus 32-bit issue. It's obvious just
> from the number of posts on TMG-L and the TMG Genforum list.
>
> I would venture to guess that there are only a couple of readers of
> TMG-L that even use Microsoft 3.1 or DOS operating systems. The vast
> majority of computer users are using Win95 or newer operating systems.
> Given this fact, Velke is woefully behind the curve. Fact is fact that
> cannot be rationalized by Wholly Genes' small staff. There are literally
> hundreds of small software firms that have 32-bit software packages.
> Personally, I feel that 6 years is long enough to have to wait for a TMG
> version that uses the industry standard - and I'm really getting tired
> of the crashes and freezups and the dozen or so work-arounds that I have
> to go through to get my TMG stable. TMG is the only software that I use
> that invariably crashes or freezes up.
>
> Steve Shook
>
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