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Your point of view is very valuable imho. Amibroker has become a remarkable
product, but remains in the one-man category. This is a significant risk.
The associated cost should taken into account when speaking about the price
of an investment software. There are also benefits however : responsiveness,
flexibility, brilliant & continuous software improvements, etc, .... ie
Amibroker is really outstanding in the risky category.
Btw I am confident that most people do realize that the crashing USD is
generally causing a lot of problems to the EU economy, and that TJ in
particular is not rewarded correctly for his job anymore.
----- Original Message -----
From: "ed nl" <ed2000nl@xxxxxxx>
To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2004 12:40 PM
Subject: Re: [amibroker] What about life-long license? (Re: Weak dollar -
rise in selling prices)
>
> just giving my point of view and my opinion and I hope I was clear and I
> do not wish to offend anybody, still ..... I think DT's reaction is
> rediculous. Like it is not appropriate to consider possible scenarios. A
> lifetime license isn't of much use if nobody will write the upgrades.
> Clearly somebody doesn't understand that this program will need continues
> maintenance for it to stay functioning. If eSignal decides to make a small
> change in their code Amibroker will have to react. Do I hurt people by
> considering this?? I do not understand.
>
> rgds, Ed
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Tomasz Janeczko
> To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2004 12:18 PM
> Subject: Re: [amibroker] What about life-long license? (Re: Weak dollar -
> rise in selling prices)
>
>
>
> Hello,
>
> I would like to remind you that using the software that has big company
> behind it does NOT guarantee
> that your investment in learning will not be wasted.
> Great example is Omega Research/TradeStation which sold hundreds
> thousands of copies of Supercharts
> and then went to brokerage firm leaving all old users of Supercharts
> without support and without upgrades.
>
> Big companies change its "business model" quite often.
>
> Best regards,
> Tomasz Janeczko
> amibroker.com
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "ed nl" <ed2000nl@xxxxxxx>
> To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2004 10:28 AM
> Subject: Re: [amibroker] What about life-long license? (Re: Weak dollar -
> rise in selling prices)
>
>
> >
> > hi,
> >
> > I think the low price of Amibroker is also reflects the risk for the
> user. Amibroker stands with it's creator and therefor can
> > also fall if it's creator falls. Heaven forbid but if TJ is run over
> by a bus it makes years of investments into the AFL language
> > useless for it's current users. You will have to find another program
> when that happens because soon you will not be able to link
> > the program to QP2, eSignal etc anymore.
> >
> > So even though Amibroker might be superior to other similar programs
> (which of I can't make a judgement) the risk for the user is
> > also higher. Also in comparison with Mathlab or IDL (which I know): it
> would be fantastic to have all this functionality, working
> > with multiple dimensional arrays and multple arrays functions (for
> starters) but AFL is still way behind these type of languages
> > and it will take years and years to catch up in my opinion (even with a
> team working on it).
> >
> > This doesn't mean I do not agree with the price increase, because I do
> agree. But I understand that this program does not cost
> > $3000 yet.
> >
> > rgds, Ed
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: vlanschot
> > To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2004 9:57 AM
> > Subject: [amibroker] What about life-long license? (Re: Weak dollar -
> rise in selling prices)
> >
> >
> >
> > Hi Tomasz,
> >
> > You're too modest. AB is still WAY underpriced for what it offers,
> > specifically if you "discount the future", as investors should do.
> > With the upcoming upgrades of the (portfolio) backtester, in
> > particular the functionality to apply dynamic money-management/asset
> > allocation/multiple-currency handling, I personally have the fullest
> > confidence in AB's future. Therefore: is there an option to pay a one-
> > time life-long license?
> >
> > For new/existing users:
> >
> > In general, and for what it's worth, I do not compare AB with
> > TradeStation, Metastock, or WealthLab. It seems to me that such a
> > comparisson is like looking in the mirror to see how far behind they
> > are, knowing very well that it is highly unlikely they will catch up.
> >
> > Instead, we should all look forward and make comparisons to packages
> > like KxSystems, FinMetrics (S-plus), EXPO, MathLab, MathCad, etc.
> > These are the type of applications which make highly advanced
> > charting/trading systems possible, and they can (and should) provide
> > the inspiration for Tomasz.
> >
> > In other words, the future is bright and lies ahead. Look there for
> > ideas/suggestions to Tomasz, and forget the mirror.
> >
> > PS
> >
> > --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Tomasz Janeczko" <amibroker@xxxx>
> > wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > Due to very weak dollar nowadays
> > > (dollar felt down -21% against my local currency since June 2004,
> > > and more than -11% against euro)
> > > I will be probably forced to rise the prices for
> > > AmiBroker Standard from $129 to $149
> > > and
> > > AmiBroker Professional from $199 to $229
> > >
> > > The date of price change is not yet established but I am giving
> > > advance information for those who are trialing AmiBroker now
> > > to make up his/her mind within 2-3 weeks to make sure they pay
> > > current (lower) price.
> > >
> > > Best regards,
> > > Tomasz Janeczko
> > > amibroker.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> > http://www.amibroker.com/
> >
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