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In my last post, disregard the last paragraph, it is left over junk (I write
starting with the end and going toward the beginning :-) ).
----- Original Message -----
From: "ndtrader" <ndtrader@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <fritz@xxxxxxxx>; "Jim Bronke" <jvbronke@xxxxxxx>
Cc: <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, March 31, 2002 1:28 PM
Subject: Re: An open letter to TradeStation users from Bill and Ralph Cruz
> > No, this is the way a few short-sighted and badly-managed companies
> > do things. I use many commercial apps on my systems, and NONE of
> > them are anywhere near as buggy or unreliable as TS2k.
>
> > And none of them are as mission-critical as TS.
>
> If we are frank here, we would admit that TS is not priced like a
> mission-critical application, and it is very hard to expect it to behave
> like one. Very few people on this list would pay enough to sustain a
> company that delivered a mission-critical application. TS is priced low
> enough to be attractive to people who (1) are learning to trade or (2)
only
> trade their own capital. A mission-critical application would only be
> justified by highly proficient and well-capitalized (read CTA, CPO)
traders,
> which are a small pool and highly individual in their software needs. We
> may complain about *false advertising* but the fact is, what we paid for
TS
> does not usually buy mission-critical software. Keep in mind, I am in the
> same boat as everybody and do not like the situation a bit.
>
>
> I freely admit that I would not There is no market that would sustain a
> retail-priced mission-critical application
>
>
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