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I like your scheme but I still think that, for those versions that have copy
protection, the kind of copy protection that is implemented is important.
Some kinds are more intrusive/harder to live with than others.
Blaine Mathieu
Turning Point Trading Inc.
-----Original Message-----
From: Dennis Holverstott <dennis@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: janette.perez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <janette.perez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thursday, January 29, 1998 12:46 PM
Subject: Re: Year 2000 Compliance/Security Issues
>
>> Some of you recently have expressed concern over the security features in
>> TradeStation 5.0. We welcome your feedback and will take your concerns
into
>> consideration. You can e-mail them directly to me @
>> janette.perez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>I would humbly suggest that Omega look into the copy protection and
>licensing policies of Autodesk. I use their AutoCAD product which is, in
>many ways, similar to Tradestation. It's a specialized, low-volume,
>high-priced program. There are essentially three versions.
>
>AutoCAD professional - $2800 - full featured - NO copy protection -
> license can be legally transferred
>AutoCAD student - $500 - full featured - uses a dongle - no license
> transfer - can upgrade to pro version
>AutoCAD LT - $500 - limited features, retail version - no copy
> protection - license transfer allowed
>
>I (and most professional drafters) am willing to pay a considerable
>premium to not have to deal with copy protection. Autodesk long ago
>discovered that their bottom line increased if they removed copy
>protection from the professional version. I believe that the same is
>true of professional traders. Most would be willing to pay a
>considerable premium for a non-copy-protected program. So, using the
>above model, the three products could be:
>
>TradeStation Pro - more $$ - no copy protection - transfer allowed
>TradeStation - less $$ - copy protected - no transfer - can upgrade to
> Pro version
>SuperCharts - still less $$ - no copy protection - transfer allowed
>
>SuperCharts would be sold through retail outlets and the two versions of
>TradeStation would be sold direct. End result... happy customers and
>more profits for Omega. Customers would be given the choice to pay more
>money for a product that does not have the restrictions which many
>consider to be unreasonable.
>
>My $.02...
>
>--
> Dennis
> New address - dennis@xxxxxxxxxx
>
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