In short...
- MacKiev has always been the maker of the Apple version of FTM
- when Ancestry announced they would stop producing FTM, MacKiev bought it
- they are currently supporting all versions, including FTM 2014
- people who have issues with FTM 2014, can get a beta version made by MacKiev (2014.1)
- this is, however, still a beta version, and is visibly identical to the "normal" FTM 2014
- new clients who want to buy the program get this 2014.1 version
- at some point later this year, MacKiev will provide a "new" version of the program with hitches corrected, performance and stability enhanced etc, probably also some brandnew features
- FTM users who previously had 2014, will get a free update
- new users and users of an older version will have to pay for it (probably with a discount for old FTM users)
- sync with Ancestry will remain, but as RootsMagic is now in the loop too the whole system might be somewhat different than we are used to
I hope this clears things up a bit
PS I don't really know what the woman in the article is talking about... She is trying to compare two almost identical products to each other, while the real update she speaks about has not yet been provided by MacKiev... This article would make sense once the MacKiev version of FTM is there and to compare that with the old ancestry version. At some point she even admits: FTM 2014 and FTM 2014.1 are one and the same. Why compare?