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On Fri, 24 Dec 1999, Bengtsson, Mats wrote:
> Let me repeat my belief: The stock market world consists of more than the US
> stock market. A Tradestation.com solution will not be able to give me the
> information I want from my stock market, that is better done by local
> distributors.
Problem #1 with the new approach: you will get ONLY what Omega wants you
to get - nothing else. Likely to be even more closed than the current
closed approach.
> I do thus prefer an open version of the current Tradestation
^^^^^^^^^^^^
Me too, but this is exactly what Omega is trying to get away from.
> "get everything we want to deliver while you are online",
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
That's all you'll get...
Will I be able to get continuous tick contracts, adjusted to *my* specific
desires? Not likely, unless they provide a local way to store and
manipulate data, and then we're back to some kind of server. Will they be
able to give me a long data series with 7-tick bars? If they are able to
do all these things, they will need some kind of server.
Given their past problems with servers, it make me wonder...
> I do believe Tradestation to be a good product but intentionaly crippled.
Unfortunately, this is true.
> Could we only get Omega Research to think in terms of customer needs rather
> than protection of their market...
Very unlikely. Why should they change?
When the new stuff arrives, OR will have a massive barrage of their usual
hype and convince most folks that 'less' is 'more'.
Larry
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