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On the internet, no one knows that you're a dog. Can't we all just pretend
to be grown-ups? I'm monitoring this list for the (still fairly frequent)
gems of ELA and general trading advice. I once again apologize to all for
my part in the recent spate of crap in the "anyone wanna go to Florida?"
thread. Let's just hit the del key on valueless posts -- I know, this is
one of them -- and get on with our lives. -uf
At 10:10 AM 6/9/99 -0400, you wrote:
>Dear Omega List Visitors and Mark Brown Supporters
>
> Tim Morge, the administrator of the Omega List advised of "quite a
>stir" response to my yesterday e-mail directed to just a couple of
>Omega List people. Since so many came to the aid and support of Mark
>Brown, I thought I had better explain that my response was provoked, not
>
>by Mark Brown, but by an e-mail Mark Brown forwarded to me from some guy
>
>named RANDY.
>
> The abusive tone of his message which I have added to the end of
>this message would have offended anyone, but if it would not have
>offended you then I would apologize because your level of sensibilities
>far exceeds my threshold.
>
> I have found over the years that dealing with Mark Brown is a
>challenge indeed because he expects immediate relief from any problem he
>
>encounters. Because he moves quickly to condemn someone for a given
>problem or violation, it is very easy to escalate a simple problem into
>a a sort of Federal case.
>
> We address every problem that is reported to us, and it doesn't help
>
>to suddenly adopt a very hostile viewpoint while we are trying to sort
>out the cause and solution. While Mark was bashing us on the Omega List
>
>with many many e-mails both from Mark and his supporters, my staff and I
>
>were trying to find out why the unattended auto-call downloading
>capability was taken out of a recent release of the software. I'm afraid
>
>that because of the pressures of the response he managed to muster up,
>we tended to divert our efforts, not to the solution of the auto-call
>problem, but to the many abusive and absolutely unfriendly tirade of
>negative messages.
>
> Well in spite of the trouble that was caused we managed to restore
>the auto-call software back into the release that will next be posted in
>
>the form of 175.2. Releases of UA are timed on a 3-month schedule.
>
> Mark Brown, in spite of his complaint that we post upgrades too
>often, had not installed an upgrade for as much as a year or more ago.
>He was operating under version 1.59 which was a release with an outdated
>
>data-base design. He refused to upgrade, and to the best of my
>knowledge, was the only user of that outdated version. Had he moved to
>any number of later versions which addressed a new data base design, he
>would not have lost the auto call capability that concerned him. We
>actually forced him to move to the recent new version of UA so that he
>could continue to have service. Unfortunately, it was the new version
>that temporarily lost the auto-call capability. The auto call was
>temporarily removed to cure a problem with it and will be back in place
>when 175.2 is released.
>
> I respect the fact that Mark Brown is a nice guy and he seems to
>offer traders an unselfish stream of tips and suggestions for improving
>trading results. We have no hard feelings for him, but it would be nice
>
>if we could resolve our differences without involving so many others.
>We treat all of our customers with respect, and in fact we service most
>of our users without ever getting payment. CSI's service is free for up
>to six months to anyone who wants it. This way we only receive payment
>from those who are fully satisfied. Mark Brown is obviously satisfied
>or he wouldn't stay on.
>
> We made a mistake by removing the auto-call capability, but it was
>an unauthorized event or misunderstanding here that we immediately
>corrected.
>
> By the way, I purged all e-mails sent here concerning this issue
>after obtaining the e-mail address so that this response will reach
>everyone. If you sent a message you actually wanted me to read, or if
>you have a comment, you will have to send it again.
>
>Regards,
>
>Bob Pelletier
>
>
>
>Mark Brown wrote:
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: jrehler <jrehler@xxxxxxxxx>
> > To: Mark Brown <markbrown@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Thursday, June 03, 1999 12:14 PM
> > Subject: Re: CSI Data
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > Mark Brown wrote:
> > >
> > > > The latest so called upgrade makes me MANUALLY download the data.
> > >
> > > > Manual download. Hmmm . . . ? Scratch Scratch? Scratch
> > Scratch?
> > > >
> > > > Bob Pelletier . Sniff Sniff? Sniff Sniff? Aahmmm . . . ?
> > >
> > > Mark, I've uncovered your problem. It is an itchy, stinky asshole
> > that
> > runs a
> > > trading software company. Actually, there appears to be a epidemic
> > of them
> > in
> > > this industry.
> > >
> > > God the stench is becoming unbearable.
> > >
> > > Still grinning and bearing it.
> > >
> > > Randy
> > >
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