Hi Jackene,
I don't want to offend, but do you expect to go through life for free? OK,
with that observation aside, let's consider the advantage
of registering the program (by paying a small fraction of what similarly
powerful programs cost). The rest of what follows assumes that you find value in
the program and would like to continue using it; if not then don't register and
do not use it. FWIW, I am simply a long time user and not an employee,
affiliated with or compensated by, AmiBroker, Thomaz or any other entity for my
opinion.
The "free" version is offered by Thomaz so you may test drive AmiBroker to
see if it really is for you. Not many companies will make such an offer,
especially without requiring you to provide a credit card or some other form of
assurance that you are serious about their product. Please understand, Thomaz is
not doing this for fun. This is his business. He has a family to support,
an employee to compensate, and other expenses of making AmiBroker available and
evolving. Bandwidth, servers, etc are not free. Thomaz spends an
incredible amount of time and effort in both enhancing AmiBroker as well as
assisting it's users. Just check the history of this group and the program
-- Thomaz is frequently interacting with users and the upgrades and enhancements
are continuous. When TA for Stocks and Commodities or some other journal
reviews AB, the necessary lead-times for such articles guarantees that they are
looking in the rear view mirror and reviewing a product that has already had
significant new developments by press time.
I have used AB for over ten years, watched it grow from a simple
charting interface to the juggernaut that it presently is. Many of
the enhancements are the result of users requesting features and for the most
part requests have been implemented without extended delay (there are some
exceptions of course, but Thomaz has his vision of what AB is, what it can
do and where it is going). When a bug is introduced in a beta (a rare
thing), it is fixed quickly (usually less than 12 hours). I've never seen
MetaStock, TradeStation, eSignal, TC2007, etc. have any such response to
users. Registering AB supports this work and gives you a chance to add
your own requests for future features.
Technical reasons for registering include among other things, ease of
operation and support. Last I checked, non-registered versions do not
allow saving databases -- I don't know about saving customized metrics, code,
etc. Registered users also have access to Beta versions which are
frequently released between major upgrades and add additional
enhancements. Major upgrades occur a few times a year, so the Betas in
essence afford you perhaps 30 plus minor (some not so minor either) upgrades a
year. And registered you get access to individual support for any issues or
questions you have about using AB. Support doesn't include writing user
specific programs or code, but if you are stuck in your own programming or
having difficulty understanding how to get something done, you will generally
get an answer sometimes within 24 hours or less. I never, never, never got
such response from any other comparable program. (QuoteTracker is the only other
company with such support, but it is a different product.) And then there are
the members of this group, many of whom will be happy to help you understand and
use AB. I am one such, but if I suspect you are using an unregistered version
beyond the trial period will simply ignore you.
Finally, and perhaps most important, is it is the legally and morally
correct thing to do. If you want to use someone else's work product, especially
if you expect to profit from it's use, you should pay for it. Within the
definition of "profit" I would include not only financial profit, but also
enjoyment, entrainment, learning, and other reasons why we undertake endeavors
in our life. Yes, you can pirate download music, video, books, games, art,
software, etc. but unless these are given to you by the owners of the
intellectual property it doesn't make it right. If you worked at a
job or created something (other than as an upfront volunteer), would you
think it right if you were expected to do so for free? By all means,
use the free version of AB for the trial period. But then do the right
thing and either register the program or delete it from your computer.
Peace and Justice --- Patrick
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, February 20, 2010 12:02
PM
Subject: [amibroker] amiquote registered
version
what is the advantage of buying the registered version? I am
new to amibroker (pro) version, so please excuse "dumb"
questions.
also, any suggestions on what is best way to learn the
software
Thanks
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