RootsWeb/MyFamily.com Merger Poll--Family Tree Magazine: "The Web's oldest and largest genealogy community, RootsWeb at http://www.rootsweb.com, was bought out this summer by MyFamily.com at http://www.myfamily.com, a commercial network of family history sites.
Hosting thousands of independent Web sites, mailing lists and message boards (not to mention unlimited storage capacity) got to be too much for RootsWeb to handle, its co-founder Karen Isaacson says.
MyFamily.co the company that also owns Ancestry.com and FamilyHistory.com stepped in with an undisclosed sum to 'provide the financial stability we need to ensure RootsWeb will be around for years to come,' Isaacson adds. While assuring users that RootsWeb access and sites will continue to be free, MyFamily.com officials also say owning the hugely popular RootsWeb will provide profitable exposure to its many subscription-only databases and records.
Officials from both companies say the merger will provide online genealogists with more tools, content and resources. RootsWeb also will continue supporting major projects such as the USGenWeb Project and the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild."
The reason I supported RootsWeb was because it did not sell my research. It was free to all. Most want your research for "free" so they can "sell" it. It does ruin the grassroots spirit. More people are likly to find your research when it is free, thereby your information can be received by more.
Lillian
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I certainly wouldn't work at Wal-Mart for free. Why should anybody work for Ancestry.com and its rich venture capitalists (Eastman Kodak Company, America Online, Compaq Computer Corporation, Intel, and others) for free? Does anybody really believe that these venture capitalists expect no return on investment in Ancestry.com?
And why are RootsWeb list owners being treated like children and threatened if they dare to make comments about the acquisition? First the Ancestry/RootsWeb behavior was sneaky. Now it is ominously authoritarian.
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and lots more on the URL above
MyFamily.com, Inc. - Press Releases
at least there is a date June 21, 2000
Ancestry.com
Family Tree Magazine August 2004
Hosting thousands of independent Web sites, mailing lists and message boards (not to mention unlimited storage capacity) got to be too much for RootsWeb to handle, its co-founder Karen Isaacson says.
MyFamily.co the company that also owns Ancestry.com and FamilyHistory.com stepped in with an undisclosed sum to 'provide the financial stability we need to ensure RootsWeb will be around for years to come,' Isaacson adds. While assuring users that RootsWeb access and sites will continue to be free, MyFamily.com officials also say owning the hugely popular RootsWeb will provide profitable exposure to its many subscription-only databases and records.
Officials from both companies say the merger will provide online genealogists with more tools, content and resources. RootsWeb also will continue supporting major projects such as the USGenWeb Project and the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild."
The reason I supported RootsWeb was because it did not sell my research. It was free to all. Most want your research for "free" so they can "sell" it. It does ruin the grassroots spirit. More people are likly to find your research when it is free, thereby your information can be received by more.
Lillian
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I certainly wouldn't work at Wal-Mart for free. Why should anybody work for Ancestry.com and its rich venture capitalists (Eastman Kodak Company, America Online, Compaq Computer Corporation, Intel, and others) for free? Does anybody really believe that these venture capitalists expect no return on investment in Ancestry.com?
And why are RootsWeb list owners being treated like children and threatened if they dare to make comments about the acquisition? First the Ancestry/RootsWeb behavior was sneaky. Now it is ominously authoritarian.
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and lots more on the URL above
MyFamily.com, Inc. - Press Releases
at least there is a date June 21, 2000
Ancestry.com
Family Tree Magazine August 2004
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