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Re: MS 6.5 - forget about it..



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Since I've downsized Telescan and outsourced QP I am much happier with my
data management.  I only use the downloader for other than downloading
activities.

Lionel Isssen
-----Original Message-----
From: Alton Stephens <astephen@xxxxxxxx>
To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tuesday, December 29, 1998 7:48 PM
Subject: RE: MS 6.5 - forget about it..


>Barry, I am given to hyperbole.  It just continues to irk me to no end that
>Equis is so smug, supercilious, and sanctimonious about not reading other
>people's data.  The Worden Bros fiasco is a perfect illustration of the
>point.  Once Market Analyst reads QP data directly, I am going to free up
>some disk space on my computer by "Recycle"ing  Metastock and the clunky
>Downloader.
>
>
>Al Stephens
>astephen@xxxxxxxx
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Barry Spreen
>> Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 1998 4:19 PM
>> To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: Re: MS 6.5 - forget about it..
>>
>>
>> Al,
>> I used TT and Chartbook before switching to Reuters and MS.
>> If your need for technical indicators is simplistic it is a good
>> service, however the charge is per quote (actually per point, 5 points
>> for all current contracts of a commodity, 1 point per stock.)
>> The data feed seemed to be reasonably reliable but not perfect. IMHO
>> anyone who says he has never had a bad feed or a crashed download from
>> any server is either lying or not very active - "steps off of soapbox"
>> <G>
>> During the month when I took both services, I had difficulty managing
>> the files in MS although they did convert. Probably this was just due
>> to my not trying hard enough, and not having enough incentive to
>> perfect the process.
>> I now download 30+ commodities from Reuters with only rare problems.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Best
>> Barry
>> mailto:bspreen@xxxxxxxx
>>
>>
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