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Re: My take on Omega



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I'm printing this out on parchment paper and framing it behind non glare
glass.
It will be hung in a prominent spot in my office as a warning of what not to
do.  MB






> Dear PO:
>
> If Omega was on the job you would think they could at least collect clean
> data for themselves. The data they have for their FTP site is full of
holes,
> frequent 15 minute gaps intraday (indicative of the time it takes to
reboot
> after a crash).
>
> You must conclude either:
>
> A) Their computers running TS are crashing on a regular basis
>
> and / or
>
> B) they are unable to configure their systems to collect from the data
feeds
> they support.
>
>
> Which do you think? I agree with you on some things, but you undermine
your
> credibility with your blind faith in Omega. I have used TS since 1991. It
is
> the best product of its kind, but Omega is frequently lazy and
incompetent.
> If they had an in house trader beta test new releases for a few weeks
before
> release they could eliminate a huge percentage of correctable glitches
(like
> inaccurate data in the symbol universe (for obscure markets like the Dow)
> months and even years after release). I talked with Bill Cruz about this
type
> of thing several times, years ago. Nothing ever changes. Clearly the
emphasis
> is on marketing the newest, latest, greatest gizmo and not quality. That
is
> the beef, or should I say the rooster. Maybe you should send your rooster
on
> to Omega. After all, they have been flipping us the bird for years.
>
> Bill Wynne
> SmartTrades.com
>
>