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Andy,
Great to see a sensible, level-headed comment once in a while -- You should
be in the Internet Hall of Fame. (If there was one :) -- Keep up the good work!
Geez! -- can't believe your WebSite!!!
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At 07:35 PM 10/2/98 -0700, you wrote:
>I am on about 5-10 email lists and bulletin boards:
>
>on EVERY list, people want to KILL THE COMPANY, or KILL THE LIST OWNER
...it just seems to be a freak thing >about human psychology. This
TradeStation hatred is found in some form or other on every list I belong
>to...wierdest crap I have ever seen.
>
>1. No own put a gun to your head to BUY tradestation
>2. Bill Cruz is not the devil, he is trying to make a good product
>3. Omega can't make everyone happy
>4. If they suck so bad, go and by
>METASTOCK
>BEHOLD!
>GET
>BACKTEST WIZARD
>or one other of the 300 programs available at
>http://www.traders.com/Documentation/Survey/98Softwr.html#list
>5. OMEGA doesn't OWE anyone an upgrade....and when the upgrade comes out,
odds are that you are not going to >find the holy grail system there either!
>6. If TradeLab comes out, and they are dumb enough to have an email list,
it is 100% certain that people >will scream about that product as been as
crappy, or crappier than TradeStation.
>7. If you think this type of programming is so easy, why don't you just pay
a programmer to whip together >some custom code for you? I'll tell you
why...to pay a software house to do TradeStation from the ground up >would
be $250,000-$500,000 or more. This is complex programming
>8. I hate to tell you, but listening to customer needs does not make a
strong company....strong marketing >makes a rich company. Windows vs. Mac,
VHS vs. Beta, McDonalds vs. Burger King ...and a million other
>examples...where one product emerges to the top of the heap through
marketing efforts. Pick up a copy of IBD >and their are 2-three Omega ads a
day. So I don't think Omega is going to disappear anytime soon. They have >a
good product, and they are very good at marketing it.
>
>I like Tradestation
>
>Andy
>
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