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Lars:
You havent been reading the postings at this listserver for the past few
days, weeks and months, nor did you read this whole message.
Equis has posted messages to this listserver where they said that they
were beta testers and were aware of the problem for about a year. From
Equis' postings and those by people who have spoken with Equis, we can
assume that Equis is working on this problem.
They posted a message to me, that may have also been posted to this
listserver, that said that they made many complaints to microsoft about this
problem(s) which were ignored. Since microsoft didnt correct Win95, Equis
should have made changes in the program to overcome the problems with Win98.
Lars, rest assured that when I state something as a fact, there is a very
high probability that it is so. If it is otherwise, I will indicate my
reasons for an opinion.
Conclusions/opinions can be derived from facts or derived from actions. For
example, if somone says that they are wealthy, but they drive an old
clunker, live in a slum, and have no source of income other than begging on
the streets; we can conclude, with a high probability of being correct,
that they are not in fact wealthy. Similarly with Equis, when they say that
they are "working on the problem", and about a year later nothing has been
fixed; we can assume that they have not worked on the problem for the
current version.
If you have any other questions on this, please email privately.
Lionel
-----Original Message-----
From: Lars Andersson <Lars.Andersson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: 'metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx' <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Saturday, August 08, 1998 3:00 AM
Subject: SV: Bill Forman -Re: Fw: Chart Tips and Win98
Lionel.
How could you know they didn´t do anything about this problem have you asked
them otherwise I don´t understand how you can say so.
Regards.
Lars
-----Ursprungligt meddelande-----
Från: Lionel Issen [SMTP:lissen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Skickat: Friday, August 07, 1998 21:12
Till: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Kopia: : Guy Tann
Ämne: Re: Bill Forman -Re: Fw: Chart Tips and Win98
Guy:
You are of course correct. Its the difference between being proactive or
reactive. Equis were beta testers for Win98. They were aware of the
problem many months ago and did nothing.
Regards
Lionel
-----Original Message-----
From: Guy Tann <grtann@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Friday, August 07, 1998 2:04 PM
Subject: RE: Bill Forman -Re: Fw: Chart Tips and Win98
>That's similar to the response I received regarding OLE. It appears that
>Microsoft controls that as well and that Equis just goes along for the
ride.
>The problem with this is that in maintaining Office 97 compatibility you
>surrender your ability to control your own product development. Most
>companies, in making the decision to maintain this compatibility (and I'm
>not saying this is wrong), would realize that they have the responsibility
>to insure the continuing functionality of their software. If Microsoft
>drops certain features that Equis was using, then it seems to me that Equis
>has the responsibility for making improvements to make sure these features
>are still included in their software.
>
>Just my opinion.
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>On Behalf Of Harley Meyer
>Sent: Friday, August 07, 1998 7:29 AM
>To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: Bill Forman -Re: Fw: Chart Tips and Win98
>
>Sorry I did mean chart tips. And as one of the beta testers for MS 6.5
>it was explained to me that Microsoft had control over the code for the
>chart tips and Equis had none. The conversation begain because the chart
>tips dissappeared to quickly in the beta version. And that was the
>response that I received.
>
>Harley
>
>Ian Mitchell wrote:
>>
>> Harley,
>>
>> The problem is with Chart Tips. This is the small yellow box which
appears
>> when you place the mouse pointer over a chart in Metastock V6.5. It gives
>> information about the chart item to which you are pointing. It is turned
>> off/on using Tools/Options/Chart Options/Show Chart Tips.
>>
>> Tool Tips is a generic Win 95/98 drop down box which gives a brief
>> description of the button/toolbar item to which you are pointing, and is
>> available in many programs.
>>
>> I am sure Microsoft will say that Tool Tips is working correctly in
Win98,
>> whereas the problem with Chart Tips in Metastock is a Metastock problem.
>It
>> is dissappointing that the functionality has changed between Win95 and
98.
>> Metastock is now one of the very few Win95 programs I know of which does
>not
>> run correctly under Win98.
>> Regards
>> Ian
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Harley Meyer <meyer@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Date: Friday, 7 August 1998 1:43 pm
>> Subject: To: Bill Forman -Re: Fw: Chart Tips and Win98
>>
>> >Bill,
>> >
>> >Sorry Bill, I didn't have your email address on
>> >this machine but anyway.
>> >>From my understanding the tool tip came from
>> >Microsoft and Equis had little control over how it
>> >could be modified. One suggestion to solving this
>> >problem would be go back to Microsoft and tell
>> >them you want a patch to fix the problem.
>> >
>> >It is a pain in the behind not having the tool
>> >tips.
>> >
>> >Harley
>
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