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Re: Metastock V7.2



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In V 7.03 most of the experts were projected. Has this actually been changed
in V 7.2?
Lionel Issen
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Michel Amelinckx" <Michel.Amelinckx@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Metastock User List (E-mail)" <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, March 30, 2001 10:04 AM
Subject: FW: Metastock V7.2


> Read this WHOLE message, this is the replay of MS.  And in his first
message
> he asks me what I really want in the future version.  I told him it is not
> up to me alone, that is why I told him if I could post this so that THE
> WHOLE GROUP can respond to this.  So why don't you post what you like to
see
> in future version.
>
> Greetings
> Mickey
>
>
> Sent: donderdag 29 maart 2001 21:18
> Cc: Robert McKinnon; Robert Deadman
> Subject: RE: Metastock V7.2
>
>
> First and foremost, I would like to clarify one thing.  The performance
> systems are not password protected, neither are the experts, neither are
the
> explorations, the only thing which are password protected are the
> Performance Explorations.  These are the explorations that function
similar
> to system tests.  Everything else is open.
>
> Unfortunately, Robert Ms response was a little misleading, but I double
> checked with the systems and I can get into all of the without a password,
> except the Performance Explorations.
>
> Jeffrey Gibby
> Equis Sales
> 800 587-8015
>
>
> Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2001 11:41 AM
> To: 'Jeffrey Gibby'
> Subject: RE: Metastock V7.2
>
> Jeff,
> I didn't say those systems are bad, example the one from Murphy is a
killer.
> But I believe things like that should be for sale SEPARATE AS ADD-ON.
> Because people trade in different styles and it's not because I like the
> Murphy style that everyone else likes it too.  And then you have to pay
for
> tons of systems (WHICH ARE PASSWORD PROTECTED SO IT'S A BLACK BOX FOR US
> because there is no way to adjust or use part of the things in our own
> systems) which are useless and just wasting space on our HD.
>
> It's really hard to believe that you even took the MS user consideration
> into creating your new upgrade. Because if you look at the MS newsgroups I
> find hardly any evidence of this and it is of course easy to say that tons
> of OTHER USERS who are not on the lists asked for this.  But I believe
your
> core users are IN MAJORITY here one the lists because they are here day in
> day out years and years upgrade after upgrade the other users where you
are
> talking about probably buy the product worked with it for a while and then
> throw it on the shelve and move on.
>
> About those suggestions I heard already a million times, that is why I
would
> by this one ask your permission to post this E-mail on the MS list because
> as I told you before who am I to tell you what I  want.  That is why I
> believe it is much better to see what ALL user post and use that as an
> average.  But I know for last time when you posted something similar but
> (didn't used the results) that two main things jumped right out 1 TESTING
ON
> MULTIPLE SECURITIES ON ALL SYSTEMS ALSO THE ONE YOU CREATE YOUR SELF  2
ABLE
> TO ENTER EXIT THROUGH REAL STOP/ LIMIT ORDER IN THE SYSTEM TESTER  I
believe
> those two little thing people have been asking for year after year upgrade
> after upgrade.
>
> Greetings
> Mickey
>
>
> > Sent: donderdag 29 maart 2001 20:00
> > To: 'Michel Amelinckx'
> > Subject: RE: Metastock V7.2
> >
> >
> > Thanks for using MetaStock.  I appreciate the passion in
> > which you express
> > your ideas.
> >
> > I do not understand the somewhat double standard in which a
> > lot of ideas
> > where expressed.  It seems that a few months ago a large
> > number of list
> > member where complaining because we where not developer
> > friendly.  Then
> > after we get some really good experts like John Murphy, John
> > Bollinger, etc.
> > We are accused of milking everybody.  I suppose its because
> > we didn't get
> > them to work for free.
> >
> > 7.03 was a free upgrade.  If you paid for it you didn't get
> > it from us.
> >
> > These systems are not black boxes and we are not forcing them
> > on you.  This
> > is an update with some extensively tested systems.  Which, I
> > might add, was
> > asked for by a large number of our users.   We  tested
> > against some 17000
> > stocks and refined them by doing more than 10000 system
> > tests.  I realize
> > that it's not what a lot of list members feel as important,
> > but it is what a
> > good number of customers are asking for.  We are not claiming
> > it's a huge
> > update, it is after all a X.2 update and a good one.
> >
> > Don't fret though.  We realize that our core business has
> > always been in
> > system creation and testing.  Customers like you are at the
> > core of our
> > business and always will be.  Right now is a perfect time to
> > express what
> > you think should go in the next upgrade.  All of our
> > developers are now
> > meeting to determine what functionality will go into the next
> > version 8.0.
> > Which (rumor has it) will be a major reworking of MetaStock and the
> > MetaStock engine.  If you have any suggestions you have for
> > how the software
> > would be reworked, I would encourage you to write in.  You
> > can send them to
> > me directly or you can send them to suggestions@xxxxxxxxxx
> >
> > I would like to point out that the opinions in this email are
> > my own and not
> > the opinions necessarily of Equis.  Thanks again for using
> > MetaStock.  I
> > might add we're not owned by TASC or anything too fishy.  We
> > are lucky to
> > have a lot of avid MetaStock users who vote for us year after
> > year.  Anyway
> > thanks for reading this.
> >
> > Jeffrey Gibby
> > Equis Sales
> > 800 587-8015
> >
>