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Equis Support and anyone who uses Quotes-Plus:
If this is true then I am also disappointed. I do have a question about
Quotes-Plus. I may be using this data provider. I am also going to decide
next week about the American Association of Individual Investors or
Investor's Reference Library product.
IRL places its database into a MetaStock readable directory tree. If I use
the IRL product, will I be able to update its CD-ROM database with
Quotes-Plus? From what I understand, you download one ZIP'd file from the
Quotes-Plus FTP site using a browser such as Netscape 3.01. Then you either
can use the Downloader or Quotes-Plus's software to update the MetaStock
(IRL) database. Is this correct?
Daniel.
IIn a message dated 97-06-27 22:15:09 EDT, you write:
<< Subj: Equis noncooperation with data vendors
Date: 97-06-27 22:15:09 EDT
From: derek7422@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (derek b)
Resent-from: metastock-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Reply-to: derek7422@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: metastock-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Gary Lyben of Quotes Plus reports on SI today that Equis has reneged on
their promise to assist data providers. After promising for months that
the new Equis data-file structure would be made available free of charge
to data providers, Equis now is demanding a royalty kick-back fee for
the data file format.
This is the same nonsense that Omega has extorted. DTN's new real time
service will be unusable by Tradestation users because DTN refuses to
pay the royalty.
DTN, like QP, has attempted to carve out a value niche among data
providers. I am extremely disappointed to see that Equis is not
cooperating with data providers in providing the new data file format
free of charge to the data vendors.
In plain speak, this means that the ancient 255 maximum securities per
directory will continue for 3rd-party data providers unless they knuckle
under and cough up the extortion fee.
Lousy business decision, Equis.
Derek
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