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I mentioned Advanced Get to Equis in my fax request. I told them how AG had
already implemented direct reading of QP data in their program. It would be
nice if MetaStock EOD had this capability. Unfortunately, Equis is, indeed,
owned by Reuters. Equis is not only a charting program company, but also
indirectly sells stock data.
Not only do I have 6.52 EOD, but I also have 7.02 EOD installed but I can't
use it. Not sure why I keep it. It's not worth returning since I paid $15
S&H and the whole thing only cost me $75. I did tell them I would not be
purchasing any more upgrades until they implemented this feature. I would
be even willing to pay another $60 for it.
If you QP users are weary of dealing with all the complications concerning
reading data in MS, then fax them. If you are tired of maintaining a large
(second) MS database and waiting for QP to output thousands of stocks, then
fax them.
Equis International
President McNichols
Fax: 801-265-3999
Daniel.
Bob Jagow wrote:
> A DLL conversion isn't a direct read, Christain.
> TF+ and Advanced GET directly read the QPlus database.
>
> Bob
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Christian Baude
> > Sent: Monday, October 16, 2000 4:21 AM
> > To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: MetaStock Directly Reading QP v2.x Database
> >
> >
> > On Sun, 15 Oct 2000 22:17:30 -0700, you wrote:
> >
> > > Probably not. But if enough people send them this request, at least
> > > they'll know what we want. It's better than doing nothing.
> >
> > It appears that a similar scenario was done with TC2000. Nothing
> > happened. The conversion is still a two step process. Equis made
> > available a DLL for conversion, and TC never bought into it.
> >
> > The shoe is actually on QP's foot.
> >
> > The fact is that Equis makes a DLL that will access any database and
> > convert (and updates selectively) directly to MS format.
> >
> > Equis HAS to make some money in the deal.
> >
> > It is up to QP to buy the DLL and pay royalty to Equis. Why should
> > Equis give away resources / tech support and QP get all the benefits?
> >
> > This is a business decision, same reason we buy and sell stocks. There
> > are looser and winners. If MS reads QP directly, Equis is the looser
> > and QP the winner.
> >
> > Granted the user is the winner if Equis gives away the technology, but
> > I hardly think more people will buy MS if it reads QP data.
> >
> > Maybe you should write a letter to QP, and ask them to incorporate QP
> > to MS transfer in their program via the DLL.
> >
> > TC2000 is read by many 3rd party programs.
> >
> > -÷ Chris ß ÷-
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