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1) I just remember we had to redo our Metastock export for Y2K so that is
the date that stuck in my memory.
2) I have no idea about this stuff. I was just trying to let people know
that there is a difference between the read only license and the kind of
license we would need.
Janene
janene@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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----- Original Message -----
From: "mj.cava" <mj.cava@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, May 18, 2001 1:50 AM
Subject: Re: QP2 Directory limitation -- Janene
>
> Janene,
> Your reminder is wrong at 2 places :
> (1) The 2000 s/d capability was not added "around the Y2K time". It was
> introduced with Metastock 6.0, ie the very first release for Windows 95
> (Win32).
> (2) There are 4 MSFL licenses : read-only / read-write - personal use /
> business use
> Alain
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Janene" <janene@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2001 9:48 PM
> Subject: Re: QP2 Directory limitation -- Janene
>
>
> > Dan,
> > The Metastock format that has 255 symbols per directory has been used by
> > several companies for a long time. This is because Metastock started
> using
> > it after another company that was using it went out of business. That
> meant
> > everyone could use it. This is part of the reason so many programs used
> the
> > Metastock format. When Metastock went to having 2000 symbols per
> directory,
> > this changed. They did this around the Y2K time. So their new format
was
> > Y2K compatible and the old one was not. We were able to adjust the old
> > format to work after Y2K. The old format was freely available, so
editing
> > was easy. The new format is not freely available. I am not sure about
> all
> > of the details. They sell their license as read-only fairly readily,
but
> > that does not help us. We cannot work around this and will be using the
> > format that has 255 symbols. Thanks to Michael and Michel for their
> > perspective. I do not think everyone realizes the history of where this
> > stuff came from or why so many programs us the Metastock format.
> >
> > Janene
> >
> > janene@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> > Quotes Plus Tech Support
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Dan" <dcash@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2001 10:33 PM
> > Subject: QP2 Directory limitation -- Janene
> >
> >
> > > With the talk of file number limitations of 255, I would like to ask
> you,
> > Janene,
> > > more about this as this is the major reason I have not switched from
> Dial
> > Data. In a
> > > conversation I had with someone at QP a number of months ago, I was
told
> > that it is a
> > > problem at the Metastock end; that it has something to do with Equis
> not
> > supporting
> > > your ability to download into directories with more than 255. Please
> > flesh out this
> > > problem. Is it that Equis allows DD, Reuters (obviously), etc. and
will
> > not
> > > cooperate with QP? What is the status to have this changed? Is there
> any
> > > conversation between the two of you? Why is Equis not cooperating?
> > Cannot you
> > > program around this from your end? Why does Equis have to have a say?
> > >
> > > I would appreciate insight and not just a superficial answer, as I,
and
> I
> > bet others
> > > would like to have some background.
> > >
> > > There is absolutely no possibility of me switching to Reuters, or you
as
> I
> > do not
> > > like multiple directories to work from.
> > >
> > > Do you have any suggestions around this?
> > >
> > > I appreciate that you are monitoring this list.
> > >
> > > Dan
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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