AEP <aepalmer@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
>
> > Please 'scuse the multi-post .. thought it the best way
> > to get this out to "my" groups.
> >
> > Interesting article here:
> >
> >
http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2008/03/rootsweb-to-be.html
> >
> > See also: http?//blogs.rootsweb.com/newsroom
> >
> > RootsWeb to be Moved to Ancestry.com.
> >
> > As a more-or-less skeptic, I wonder when the other shoe will drop
> > and RW will be either terminated or become a for-a-fee service,
> > despite Sullivan's claims to the contrary..
> >
> > Suspicious Ol' Bob
> > Robert Melson at melsonr@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> To my knowledge, RootsWeb has been part of Ancestry.com for some
> time. That said, RootsWeb is still free and Ancestry.com has
> publicly stated that RootsWeb will remain so for the forseeable
> future. In this old world of ours, one should never say never, but
> so far Ancestry.com has been true to their word in keeping the
> premier on-the-web resource free for all to use.
>
> Regards, Arnold <aepalmer@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
But could this be a step in the direction of "converting" RW to a
fee-based service - or something worse? I don't believe in
cor****ate altruism, I'm afraid, and suspect we've not heard the last
of this innocuous (?) move.
Bob
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