Was GRAMPS at Rootstech 2023
Bret Busby <[email protected]>
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Hello. I am wondering whether GRAMPS had a presence, either physical or virtual, at Rootstech 2023. The international genealogy conference involved both physical and virtual participation and attendance, and, had exhibitors both physically and virtually present. I have no idea as to what is involved in an institution being an exhibitor, and, what, if any, costs are involved. Given that Rootstech is run by familysearch.org, which is part of the LDS church (so, Rootstech is held in Salt Lake City, Utah), I expect that an institution like the GRAMPS Project should not incur any fees, for being an exhibitor, if GRAMPS would be inclined to be an exhibitor. I have just watched a video of a genealogist involving highlights of Rootstech 2023, and, the genealogist who is "between software", is evaluating Rootsmagic 9, as it runs natively on MacOS, without needing a Windows emulator (as she put is, "without having to resort to the dark side of the chip"). From the GRAMPS web site, GRAMPS, from my understanding, runs natively on each of MS Windows and MacOS, in addition to Linux (is there any intent to port it also, to BSD, to run on any of the desktop BSD's, like MidnightBSD ?). So, depending on what would be involved, to me, for GRAMPS to be at least a virtual, if not a physical (depending on the proximity of developers) exhibitor, at such annual genealogical conferences, to promote GRAMPS, would be appropriate, and, a means of increasing awareness of GRAMPS, as a multi-platform genealogy application (I do not know of any other genealogy platform, that runs natively, on each of the three operating systems; Linux, MS Windows, and MacOS - not many applications run natively, on all three). So, was GRAMPS at Rootstech 2023? Rootstech 2024, is due to start on 29 February 2024, and, run for a few days, if the GRAMPS Project people are interested in investigating the prospect of being involved. .. Bret Busby Armadale West Australia (UTC+0800) .............. -- Gramps-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gramps-users https://gramps-project.org