Hi, no, I will not add again to any of the issues you brought up re. Legacy's merits or failures or even whether it's the 'Holy Grail' or not. (LOL)
What I want to address is your insisting on using a 'screen name'. You're of course entitled to do so, as much as you are to all of the opinions you expressed. But I don't understand your reasons (which you certainly have). If this was a newsgroup, I would find it easier to understand the WHY. Here IMHO it's a totally different place & game. It's rather common to use one's own name (abbreviated or not). The same goes for many other places where visitors are expected to use true names, not fake ones (Compuserve fora). I think this is for 'emotional' or 'community' reasons. I for one tend to put more time and effort in answering questions if I feel they're coming from a real person and not from an anonymous entity. If an inquiry is signed Joan, Andy or Sybill etc. it's easier for me to establish what psychologists might call 'rapport', and what I would call feeling connected. It just goes that far, not any further (although I have made friends with people many 1000 miles away merely by email). That's why. The same reasons btw are behind why people shake hands, smile or look into each others eyes, etc. Kind regards Tilman <s> ----- Original Message ----- From: "legacy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Legacy User Group" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 6:11 PM Subject: [LegacyUG] Re:LegacyUD Descendent book and mail purge > To Kristian Fjeldsgaard 4-17-2002 6:44PM > > Quoting yourself - "Why don't you sign in with your name? > What is your agenda? > > I gave up using my birth name on the Internet a number of years ago. > Initially my email address contained my initial and last name, then I > changed to a user name unrelated to my birth names - however much of the > time I would identify my self at the end of a posting with my birth name. > Eventually, for the most part, I quite identifying myself except when there > was a specific need to do so - which I certainly have done and continue to > do so. > > However, as I responded to an earlier inquiry about not using my name, - a > rose is a rose by any name. In other words unless you are holding a megabuck > lottery win for me or intend to sue me for whatever reason - what is the > point and what is to be gained by revealing one's birth name. If you are a > personal friend or have a need to know, you will be told my given name. > Without a need to know, why would you want to know it? > > I have also used a number of different E-mail addresses at the same time. In > other words I have posted on forums with addresses other than > [EMAIL PROTECTED] I think the most e-mail addresses I ever used at one time > was 4. Currently I post under the legacy address only. > > I feel I must point out to you and many others who post on the Legacy forum > that the use of pseudo names and multiple e-mail address is much more common > than you may have realized. Fact is it is a common practice. Each person > having their own reason for so doing. > > Admittedly what I now reference is a bit unusual but surely you don't think > our President Bush, governors of most states, high profile politicians, the > wealthy, the famous and many others would post under their given names. Of > course not, they like myself use pseudo names. > > Now as to your question - "What is your agenda?". > > My agenda is precisely the same as yours and every user of Legacy or any > available genealogy software by a different manufacturer. That is to create > a family history as accurately as I can by using what I believe is the most > viable genealogy software that I can find to do so. We all have the > identical objectives for the creation of our family history although we each > have different objectives in the software we choose. > > After the development of my on going family history my next objective is to > print in a book format that same history and print it using software that > repetitively prints the identical information and all of the data I have > collected for the family history. > > This Legacy has yet to accomplish because of problems which have yet to be > corrected. However, FTM with all of it's "faults and perceived shortcomings" > does print consistent data in a repetitive and neat fashion with out the > "now you see it, now you don't, missing pictures, dotted lines through > pictures, poor vertical and horizontal alignment etc."syndromes". > > Having read the previous, do you now recognize that my agenda is exactly the > same as the agenda for any user of genealogy software, including yourself, > regardless of the developer or company marketing the software. > > To date I have been called self-serving, rude, threatened with no responses > to inquires I may choose to make and subjected to veiled sarcasm. Why? > Because, I have no interest in wading through the voluminous postings from > around the world which post subjects for which I know I cannot answer, have > no interest in, etc. and also because I have chosen to comment favorably on > what I perceived to be a very good book format in FTM. > > In addition, I have the feeling that in discussing and supporting one of the > very good features of FTM (their book feature and format) along with my > criticisms of the Legacy report structure, I apparently have kicked, walked > on and in general committed the sacrilegious act of criticizing what many > users of Legacy perceive to be the HOLY GRAIL of the many genealogy programs > available. > > I have this feeling that I unwittingly entered into a Closed Legacy Society > referred to as the Legacy User Group, A society where suggestions for > improvements cannot be made, where recognition of the good features of > competing software cannot be acknowledged, and where criticisms of anykind > directed at Legacy is prohibited. > > Well the news I have for many of you is that - Legacy is not the Holy Grail > and the developers of Legacy were not created with immortality. Whereas, > Legacy, as good as it is (which I have acknowledged), is not the end to end > all of genealogy software programs. > > After reading some of the responses posted to myself, I believe it was time > for a new, clean wind of criticisms to blow through the ancient halls of the > Legacy Users Group. > > Many of the Legacy users appear to have become so satiated in their ways > they have lost sight of the fact that competing software can also offer > desirable features, some features even more desirable than a few of those in > Legacy. > > Critiquing a person, such as has occurred with myself, by a select few > posters, because I have chosen not to engulf myself with all of the world > wide postings, is equivalent to telling a person who wants to find a > discussion about "anonymous" in the Encyclopedia Britannica that person > must first begin with the letter "A" and read through the entire > Encyclopedia Britannica of "A's", as opposed to looking for the specific > word "anonymous" within the "A's". > > Should I fail to read all of the "A's" presented by Britannica, as they > appear to believe I should do, apparently I am being "rude" to the publisher > of Britannica and by looking only for the description of "anonymous", they > perceive me as being self-serving. How absurd and irrational can people > become! > > I hope I have answered your two questions in some depth. I will close with > this. My agenda is not one where I choose to solve all of the problems of > all of the people using Legacy Software. I am perceptive enough to recognize > that I do not have the skills needed to answer all of the questions posted > and like a search of the encyclopedia by myself, I look only for those > subjects for which I have an interest, which apply to my problems and > occasionally questions or subjects I might be able to answer. To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp
