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Alan,
Your argument is well presented, but I think it has a flawed premise.
If you have a new car and the oil plug falls out and your engine seizes and
you have to spend $10,000 to replace it-- is the manufacturer or dealership
responsible for your loss? -- not in the real world.
If your house is in a earthquake, flood, hurricane, or tornado zone and you
haven't arranged or paid for proper insurance, are you are visited by one of
these catastrophes-- is the builder or real estate agent responsible for
your loss?
I haven't seen Omega's advertising in a while, but I don't recall seeing
anything about them promising you a flawless trading career.
Your case is well articulated, but as Monica would say "Sorry, no cigar" :)
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At 01:14 AM 10/3/98 -0600, you wrote:
>In short, with the absence of any checks and balances, each vendor is free
to claim
>that the real problem is the computer, the data, the software, or whatever
else it
>is that they *don't* supply.
>
>The net result is to have a very expensive piece of software whose results
can't be
>trusted. Yeah, sure, it's not the fault of Omega in every case, but in the
final
>analysis, if their software can't be depended upon to do what it is
supposed to,
>then it is certainly their problem. Anything that impacts TS's ability to
perform
>dependably is ultimately Omega's problem. It is in their best interests to
take the
>necessary action(s) to make it produce consistent results anytime or
anywhere it is
>used. They only have two choices - either assume the problem exists and
provide
>some check on it - some way for the user to identify the existence of a
problem, or
>remove the problem. Maybe they have to supply data. Maybe they have to
instruct
>people to configure their computer. Maybe they have to supply the computer!
>Whatever. (Isn't DTN vertically integrated?)
>
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