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At 12:42 AM -0400 8/17/98, David L. Miller wrote:
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>Some of the best advice given to this List was by (I think) Bob Fulks when
>he suggested several weeks ago (and I'm paraphrasing here) that now is an
>excellent time to "kick the tires"...to check out some of the new 32-bit
>trading software coming out. I think we would all do well to heed that
>advice.
I do not recall saying this but it reflects my feelings.
But I would much prefer that Omega fix their problems as I have an enormous
investment in TradeStation techniques and code I have developed over the
years and mostly understand its idiosyncrasies.
Certainly, Omega now has a virtual monopoly on this business and it is
"theirs to lose".
But I am very concerned about the apparent lack of "technical integrity" I
see at Omega. I keep discovering bugs such as this and it makes me wonder
how many more there are that I haven't yet discovered and which are costing
me money.
At any other company, a software product this complicated, would routinely
be tested with automated regression tests that would catch any such errors
well before beta testing. There would be a database of all bug reports with
their severity classified and with information on when and if they would be
fixed.
Bob Fulks
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