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"Passwords will only be good for one year. No more "for life"
> passwords."
Ahemm. In BIG BOLD LETTERS on top of all the other material in my TS5
upgrade box is paper that read "Here's your password...This is a temporary
password. This temporary password will be replaced with a ***PERMANENT***
password upon receipt of the final payment for your product."
The word permanent in the dictionary means forever, never changing, etc.
This means that Omega owes me a password that NEVER CHANGES. They also owe
anybody who has this sheet the same. This means a password that is good for
the life of the product and not one we have to change annually. I don't
think you have to worry about buying passwords annually. That has never
been omega's policy unless is was clearly stated which in this is case it
hasn't. The policy in with vers 4 was a temp password until you paid for
the product then a password that never expired. There's no reason for this
to change and the message above indicates that they're doing the same with
TS5.
I had no prob installing TS5 on a small machine (P233MMX, 4G HD, 128K RAM).
Aside from a couple of small temporary problems, the installation in my
opinion was professional and easy. The functionality was good and it looked
good -- it came across well. I have yet to really stress it. I agree the
program is not completely finished and I've already generated a GP (click
the goaway button of chart when in full screen mode). There are several
quirks in the loading of data in the charting module. They need to work on
this. I'd bet they'll have them fixed by SP1. Yes, there are problems with
it and yes it's not finished but I'm happy with it so far. However, I
haven't even begun to scratch the surface using it and this opinion could
change fast.
Brian.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Edandrea [mailto:edandrea@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Sunday, March 21, 1999 8:59 PM
> To: Gregory Wood
> Cc: omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: TS2k upgrade and y2k patch
>
>
> Greg,
> Thank you for the information. I did not investigate it that
> thoroughly. I
> am going to call tomorrow, and if Omega verifies that the passwords are
> given yearly (which eventually leads to selling pswds. yearly), then I am
> sending my copy of 2000i back, and then I'll reluctantly purchase
> a Y2K fix
> for version 4 that Omega didn't prepare for in the first place, (I can't
> believe that one - what a rip-off if it's true). We are required
> to pay for
> their programming mistake? No way. Slowly (and definately) I'll
> move over to
> another product to track my R/T trading. I don't like a company having
> communistic control over the software that I purchase and own. It
> isn't just
> a license - I paid for it - I bought it with hard earned money. It's mine.
> Now Omega is going to control me and my pocketbook with yearly passwords
> (and fixes) when I have already paid in full? There are also too many
> excellent competitors out there now for Omega to "brow beat" its customers
> like it did (and still does) when it was the only market tracking tool.
> Consumers will migrate to where they are serviced; not to where they are
> required to serve.
> Good Trading and thanks again,
> Eddie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gregory Wood <swissfranc@xxxxxxxx>
> To: omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Sunday, March 21, 1999 10:19 PM
> Subject: TS2k upgrade and y2k patch
>
>
> >I ordered my Tradestation upgrade and spoke with Doreen about some Omega
> >policies and plans:
> >
> >- My upgrade cost from TS4.0 to TS2k is $499.95, with a 30-day money
> > back guarantee. (Since I spread the payment over six months, hassles
> > over the guarantee can be arbitrated by my credit card company.)
> >
> >- Yes, I can run TS2k on my development computer for testing and
> > evaluation. I will get a 30-day(?) password based on my computer's
> > "fingerprint".
> >
> >- Yes, I can move TS2k from my development computer to my trading
> > computer. All I need is a new password based on the second
> > computer's fingerprint. I will have no difficulty getting the
> > second password. The first password would expire normally.
> >
> >- Passwords will only be good for one year. No more "for life"
> > passwords.
> >
> >- If Omega's records show that I have TS2k, I will not be eligible
> > for the TS4.0 y2k patch. I will be eligible for the patch if I
> > "return" TS2k. Omega's policy does not allow TS4.0 and TS2k to
> > run on the same machine. Presumably, Omega feels running on two
> >machines requires two licenses.
> >
> >- The TS4.0 y2k patch is not free(!), but the price has not yet been
> > announced. The patch will also be fingerprinted to my machine(!),
> > and under password control. (I don't know if the password is good
> > "for life".)
> >
> >- I should receive my installation disk in about seven days.
> >
> >
> >Personally, I will evaluate TS2k to find out if it satisfies my
> >particular trading requirements.
> >
> >I find the yk2 policy unsettling. If TS2k doesn't satisfy me, I'll look
> >elsewhere.
> >
> >/Greg
> >
> >
>
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