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God Bless Mark for attempting this challenge. Omega certainly has an
impressive installed base of customers and quite a marketing "machine".
(Wish they had a tech support machine !!!)
These will be difficult to overcome.
However, the advent of the 'net has made the David vs. Goliath battle more
favorable for the Davids of the world. Witness the current battle between
Sun Micro and Microsoft.....hate to say it, but Sun is winning in the
cross-platform programming battle with Java. Microsoft still does not have a
response.....and have you seen the SUNW stock price lately ?? At all of the
web dev seminars, there is nary a Microsoft word being spoken....you hardly
know they exist anymore in the internet development world !!! The internet
fosters change....for the good.
If Omega continues in its modus operandi, TraderWare will succeed. Why ?:
1) an open programming platform with non-proprietary coding - this invites
many addons and enhancements...example:
I envision someone creating actual VB code-generation and building systems
from intelligent specs that are input via user-friendly prompts and
screens.....not cold, lifeless prompts.
2) good technical support that caters to both amateur and professional -
each have drastically different needs. Omega is ignoring the sophisticated
user...a big mistake.
3) continuous, reliable and timely upgrades....not ones that make you
paranoid before installation !!
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alexander Levitin [mailto:alevitin@xxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 1999 12:42 PM
> To: Mark Brown; Omega List
> Cc: traderware-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: TraderWareX Release
>
>
> Comrades,
>
> If Mark has discovered that not all software release delays are due to the
> evil wills of Bills it is OK. My major problems with Bills (both Cruz and
> Gates) is not that software is later then I or they wanted, not that it is
> not as sophisticated as I would like it to see, but that the released
> software does not work at all, does not do what it supposed to do.
>
> I could survive the chart that does not extend "to the right" or a
> spreadsheet that have only 6000 rows. But if the software stops in the
> middle of trading or the spreadsheet crashes my computer that no "king's
> men" could get it back that is bad.
>
> I realize that software developers had to eat and to buy baby cloths and
> have "evil" competitors standing by and ready to "eat them alive".
> Combination of those pressures plus the absence of competitors
> leads to the
> release of software that does not work.
>
> If our Mark is in unique position that his and his dog bread (with or
> without butter) come from the other source than software selling and he
> could afford to make software to work before it released to us,
> then we all
> are in unique position to profit from that unusual situation.
>
> Therefore all of us individually and collectively should encourage Mark to
> take as much time as necessary to make sure that his first version of
> software works before putting it on the market. If Mark could attract
> enough talents to make his software innovative and will stick with policy
> to release the software only when it works he will build the reputation
> that will bring him recognition and eventual success (providing he could
> live long enough financially).
>
> In any case, I wish him the best.
>
> Comrade Alex.
>
>
> At 06:56 PM 11/1/99 -0600, Mark Brown wrote:
> >TraderWareX release was originally scheduled for Nov. 1st release. It's
> >hard to estimate these target dates that far in advance, however
> we are very
> >close to our first commercial release. We are currently in
> beta and have
> >made tremendous headway due to the diligence and feedback of
> those dedicated
> >testers. I sincerely thank everyone who has chosen to
> participate to help
> >us build a better product.
> >
> >I hope to make the release announcement Very Soon! I just felt
> I should be
> >responsible enough to inform you where we are rather than leave you
> >wondering what is going on.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Mark Brown
>
>
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