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[amibroker] Re: RC1 telling me my reg has expired



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Wow, where can I get one of those babies?  Then I could quit trading 
and just sell timeshares on it!  8 - )

Steve

--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Fred Tonetti <ftonetti@xxx> wrote:
>
> If you never optimize I'm not sure why you need multiple cores to 
have
> results fairly quickly from whatever you doing in AFL.  Without 
optimization
> it's not likely you have operations that by their nature are either 
parallel
> or can be made to be parallel . If what you are doing for some 
reason takes
> a long time and they are manual processes i.e. run this AFL that 
takes a
> long time then run another etc . Then crank up another instance or 
three of
> AB and run the other manual processes there .
> 
>  
> 
> If you do optimize I provided a FREE solution to this the other day 
which by
> the way I have now tested on a 4 chassis fully loaded IBM x3950 .
> 
>  
> 
> That's 16 processors . 64 cores . 32 MB of L2 . 1 TB of memory .
> 
>  
> 
> It ran perfectly and reduced optimization time by a factor of 50+
> 
>  
> 
>   _____  
> 
> From: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
On Behalf
> Of Ronald Davis
> Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 3:30 PM
> To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [amibroker] Re: RC1 telling me my reg has expired
> 
>  
> 
> Dennis said>Eventually one of your
> many new feature releases will make it imperative for them to 
upgrade.
> 
> The new release that will make it inperitive for me to upgrade will 
be the 
> release that FULLY UTILIZES the dual core processing abilities of 
the newer 
> generations of computers.
> 
> I never optimize, backtest or any of that. 100% of my use of 
Amibroker 
> involves finding the central core of the last 100 days of rsi , 
> stochastic_K and stochastic_D. Ron D
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Dennis Brown" <see3d@xxxxxxxx <mailto:see3d%40writeme.com> 
com>
> To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:amibroker%40yahoogroups.com> 
ps.com>
> Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 1:16 PM
> Subject: Re: [amibroker] Re: RC1 telling me my reg has expired
> 
> > Tomasz,
> >
> > Thank you for spelling out for everyone the details of your 
upgrades.
> >
> > I have always maintained that I would rather have a program 
written by
> > one dedicated and passionate programmer, than a dozen half hearted
> > "corporate" programmers --more interested in the next coffee break
> > than their product.
> >
> > People don't always understand that your dedication to AmiBroker 
and
> > programming your skill has made it possible to have a low overhead
> > cost structure while providing very active development of new
> > features. You are providing the best of all worlds that results 
in a
> > superior value.
> >
> > Even though I intend to support you by staying with the latest 
version
> > as long as I am using AB, it is true that some will only upgrade 
when
> > there is a new feature they want to take advantage of. The feature
> > might be support for a new hardware platform that they want to 
use AB
> > on, a new program function that they need to advance their trading
> > with, or perhaps to run someone else's AFL. Eventually one of your
> > many new feature releases will make it imperative for them to 
upgrade.
> >
> > Thank you and best regards,
> > Dennis
> >
> > On May 29, 2008, at 1:05 PM, Tomasz Janeczko (groups) wrote:
> >
> >> Major upgrade is the upgrade that adds major number of new 
features.
> >> Each our 0.01 beta is more "MAJOR" than major releases of other 
T/A
> >> softwares.
> >>
> >> Therefore it is more than justified to call 0.1, MAJOR upgrade
> >> especially considering the fact
> >> that AB version number consists of THREE parts:
> >> X.WY.Z
> >>
> >> Where
> >> X is incremented just when W generates carry over (9->0)
> >> W increases with major release that is cumulative version of TEN
> >> previous
> >> (beta) versions each containing a couple of NEW features
> >> Y increases with each BETA that contains NEW FEATURES
> >> Z increases with versions that contain only hot-fixes and bug-
fixes
> >>
> >>
> >> You are just spoiled receiving FREE upgrades for FOUR years, even
> >> though
> >> I originally promised that 5x0.10 major release cycle will span
> >> only one year.
> >> It was my goodwill to add MORE new features in each and every 
+0.10
> >> increment.
> >>
> >> If I was doing business "IT industry standard way" I would add 
ONE
> >> new feature
> >> per 0.10 upgrade. Instead you got a couple of new features every
> >> 0.01 BETA.
> >>
> >> So our 0.10 is SUPER MAJOR release as compared to "IT standard".
> >>
> >> Now $99 is a fee for 12 month period if there are more 3 or more
> >> than 3 0.1 releases
> >> during 12 month period. Other companies would charge you more 
than
> >> that
> >> for EACH upgrade.
> >>
> >> Frankly speaking I would love to purchase the software that uses
> >> the same upgrade policy as AmiBroker, but I don't find any 
(among ones
> >> I am interested in). Everyone charges for each and every upgrade 
and
> >> the sums
> >> are much larger than that.
> >>
> >> Best regards,
> >> Tomasz Janeczko
> >> amibroker.com
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "original_nightstalker" <nightstalker@
> <mailto:nightstalker%40fastmail.fm> fastmail.fm>
> >> To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:amibroker%40yahoogroups.com> 
ps.com>
> >> Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 2:21 PM
> >> Subject: [amibroker] Re: RC1 telling me my reg has expired
> >>
> >>
> >>>
> >>> Apologies - let me correct the misunderstanding. I didn't mean 
to
> >>> imply that I HAD been paying $99 for every 12 months. But from 
now
> >>> on, according to the website, $99 is the upgrade fee for the 
next 12
> >>> months. In other words, to stay fully up to date, would cost 
$99 per
> >>> year. At least, that's how I read the info on the website.
> >>>
> >>> I'm not for one moment trying to imply that Tomasz doesn't 
deserve
> >>> the
> >>> income - of course he does. I've been a fervent AmiBroker user, 
fan,
> >>> and recommender for several years and will continue to do so.
> >>>
> >>> It's just that we're starting to get into the realms of the Law 
of
> >>> Diminishing Returns, where the outlay goes up 
disproportionately to
> >>> the amount of new features that I actually need or would use.
> >>>
> >>> I'm still very happy with my v5.09 beta - it does everything I 
use it
> >>> for without a hitch. So I'll simply keep on using it.
> >>>
> >>> The version numbering is something that I find a little 
confusing -
> >>> I've been involved in computers for over 35 years, and MAJOR 
upgrades
> >>> usually involve an increment in the number to the left of the 
decimal
> >>> point. Minor upgrades increase the number to the right of the
> >>> decimal
> >>> point. That has been the de facto standard for version numbering
> >>> throughout the IT industry as I've known it since the mid-1970s.
> >>> Hence my somewhat befuddled surprise that 5.10 was considered a 
MAJOR
> >>> upgrade. I'd have called it version 6 if that was the case. 
Version
> >>> 5.10 would normally be seen as an UPDATE rather than an 
UPGRADE - if
> >>> you see what I mean.
> >>>
> >>> Gee - I really hate to be picky - it's not usually like me at 
all ;)
> >>>
> >>> Hope that has cleared up my statement about paying $99 per 
year -
> >>> referring to the future from now on, rather than the past until 
now.
> >>>
> >>> Regards, Pete, Brisbane, Australia.
> >>> ====================================
> >>>
> >>> --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:amibroker%40yahoogroups.com> 
ps.com,
> "dingo" <dingo@> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Not trying to beat you up about your decision but I seriously 
doubt
> >>> you've
> >>>> been having to pay for upgrades every 12 months. You might 
want to
> >>> revisit
> >>>> that.
> >>>>
> >>>> d
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>
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> >>>
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> >>>
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> >>>
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> >>>
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> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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