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Dans un courrier daté du 26/10/98 17:12:48 Heure d5iver Pari48 Madrid,
bnm03@xxxxxxx a écrit :

> Pierre,
>  
>  I DON'T WANT A KLUDGY WORKAROUND I want a professional software package.  I
>  paid good money and expect a professional product.  Obviously this kind of
>  second-rate solution is acceptable to you or you wouldn't have written
this.
>  It's not acceptable to me.
>  
So, do not accept.
Do you think that shouting with the wolfes will bring something new for the
next week?

>  Though I've spent over 2 decades programming computers, I don't think my
>  standards are that high.
>  

Develop a joint venture with Earl Adamy!

>  But then I take a look at your web page and understand why this is an
>  acceptable solution for you.
>  

Ah ah....
An acceptable solution is something that works as expected.
I do not see the relationship with your problem and my web site.

>  I don't know what you trade or how you use Tradestation but for me -- with
>  the way I use it -- the number of these work arounds is growing and I'm
>  tired of it.
>  

I'm not tired of it.
Tired of pretentious developers, certainly.
I use it for trading and I'm satisfied with it.
Try to downgrade to some modesty and TradeStation will fit your needs as is.

>  Or how about the problem with the server not automatically adding contracts
>  after 250 are being collected real time.  Yes there is a work around -- go
>  in and add by hand -- but for those of us who track more than 250 RT
>  markets, it's a royal pain.

>  
You may consider to stop to trade if it's too painful to add 250 contracts to
your portfolio.
I seriously doubt that you are able to trade 250 markets in realtime with your
TradeStation.
Here, in France, we are so stupid that we cannot trade more than 5-10 markets
realtime.
We trade only two.
But  with profitability.

>  Manually running Morning Update is unacceptable.  Will you replace my data
>  if something goes wrong with the TS5 conversion?  Do you know FOR SURE it
>  will not affect my data as has been posted.  I'm not willing to take that
>  chance.  I want a SUPPORTED solution from Omega!!!  I want accountability
in
>  the event something does go wrong.
>  

You shoud check the archives, and read Melody Blais answer.
James Mazzula proposed the workaround after me and came  with a better
solution.
This has been validated by the official Omega answer on THIS list.
If you are not sure you can do a backup, its easy and automated.

Or try Telechart 2000.
Now, it's a free software.
And Yk2 compliant.

I do not like your appreciation on my web site, because it's ambiguous.

So while I was typing this, I attempted to load the new version.

Maybe it will work tomorrow.
I seriously doubt that you will  currently find a TS solution provider site
like this one.
Free trial versions, and not so simple software (or we are really stupid,
enough to ignore our poor state, this is why I'm happy...)

When you will be able to develop things like we did here, please let me know.
For the moment, this is only gossip and nothing real.
I have said that all our TradeStation tools will be able for free trial.
The difference between you and me is that I say what I think, and I do what I
say, and I'm not only typing on Omega list the same and same complaints.

Life is like this.
You may adapt to survive.
You should do the same with TradeStation if you really need it to work.

If you are trading 250 markets, why do you make a so dramatic story of a piece
of software that you own since 1992, and that should be paid with you
benefits, I hope for you.

I feel that most of the Omega yk2 bashers have a real problem with money.
Doing so much noise for a problem that still not really exist is symptomatic.

If life was like you expected that it should be, trading would not exist (
everybody wil agree on commodities prices, so no need of futures) and you
would not see millions of people die for things that are more simple that your
250 contracts to add to the portfolio, and your yk2 laments.

You should travel in some far east or african countries, then you will rethink
of your current TS problems differently.

Their only problem is to know if they will be themselves Y2000 compliant, even
tomorrow compliant in some cases.

They have no Omega-List to claim their distress, but only their lack of
anything.

Do you hear me ?

-Pierre Orphelin