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"Maybe that's the way the real world is in the software business "
No it's not that bad in the real software community. The level of quality
of software in the commodity industry most of the time makes me want to
barf so I wouldn't use that as a measure. No software product is ever
going to be free of bugs on the first release but most release candidates
are free of GPs in all but the most obscure sections of the software. Any
decent software house will focus on the GP's or "showstoppers" before
release. This way the customer can at least use the software. I think
Omega's prob was that there were so many, and they were so extensive, and
the stock was so low, that they had no choice to but to release it. A
complete ripoff from the RT user's point of view, but the right decision
for the shareholder. It bought them a few more months but that time is
running out again.
Omega's first 3 offerings won't even do the basics like plotting data in RT
correctly and we all know how it likes to GP. I won't go on about where
the deficits are, cause I don't have all night and most are old probs that
havent been fixed, i've already posted but a few are new. But if you want
a list I'd be happy to spew out what I've discovered in my travels. Let's
just say that after almost 5 months of use with real time data, the only
part of TSi that I can use so far is the PowerEditor. It paints the words
neat colors and it seems to be able to do that reliably. But that's about
it.
In all fairness, I still believe that if Omega can somehow make TSi faster,
collect and chart data more reliably, then they'll have a decent product.
Right now the interface is first class, and the product ideas are good, it
just needs to do the basics well which I for me right now it isn't.
Brian.
PS. Like other TS2i users, I'm in denail about the fact that my system
results on real time data in TSi and TS4 are completely different given
exact same RT data, exact same market settings, exact same periodicity and
same everything. Still it's still useful for providing approximations
about a system's value.
-----Original Message-----
From: Robert W Cummings [SMTP:robert.cummings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 1999 9:02 PM
To: pierre.orphelin
Cc: omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Omega Receives GREAT! Reviews
With all the gashing of teeth, cuz words and just plan pissed off customers
Omega will eventually get it working. I'm not familiar with the history of
TS4 but I read on here that it was similar to TSi with the many bugs. Maybe
that's the way the real world is in the software business I also read that
on here. Speaking for me personally TS4 does all I need it to do at the
present time. I would have upgraded later if they had kept the price the
same I believe. Omega didn't so I'll just wait for Mark Browns deal. If it
works better then I will use it after all its business performance wins.
Mark by the way you didn't mention or if you did I missed it what computer
is recommended with tradeware and what version of windows. Going to buy me
a new computer that will be so fast it will double as a time machine.
Robert
pierre.orphelin wrote:
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>I have installed The Prosuite2000 SP3 version received today.
>No major problem.
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>This SP3 version is not the definitive one, I suppose, so you should not
receive it tomorow.
>Useless to sue Fedex.
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>The SP3 version has fixed a lot of things (RT Server, historybank that I
both do not use) and enhances the overall software functionnality, mainly
the Power Editor.
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>It perfectly works as an offline version, so this is all what I can say
for the moment.
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>Rgds,
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>PO
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>Myself wrote:
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> > > I just received SP3 today.
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>> > ***of course you would receive it first!
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