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Guys - don't get all bent out of shape here.
Technology changes cause changes in direction.
Omega is under severe pressure to provide an internet-based solution because
several competitors are ready to do so.
I doubt they will abandon TS2000i and anyway, the SP4b version seems to be a
decent one (finally).
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ullrich Fischer [mailto:uf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Monday, January 17, 2000 3:12 AM
> To: Patrick
> Cc: omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Omega Abandons TS2000i
>
>
> I agree, Patrick. Now, who knows a lawyer willing to take on the class
> action suit? -uf
>
> At 02:01 AM 1/17/00 -0600, you wrote:
> >Omega List,
> >
> >MY OPINION ON WHAT IS HAPPENING AT O.R.:
> >I didn't put 2 and 2 together after Omega Research purchased WOW
> and again I
> >didn't put it together after they publicly announced they were abandoning
> >SuperCharts2000. But finally I have put all the pieces together. Omega
> >Research is now preparing to abandon TradeStation2000i in exchange for
> >TradeStation.com. Omega Research will still sell TradeStation2000i until
> >they see how customers respond to TradeStation.com, and if it is
> successful
> >TradeStation2000i will be dropped. The people who run Omega
> Research have
> >come to the conclusion that their company will not increase in
> value if they
> >remain a standard software company because they can not get
> their flagship
> >program working properly. Their only hope is to abandon the standard
> >run-on-the-customers-PC-software and go with Internet software. Without
> >this change OR stock will stay low and slow.
> >
> >
> >WHAT THIS MEANS FOR TS2000 USERS:
> >As we have all seen in the past, upgrades and new features prevent new
> >versions of EasyLanguage code from working with the old version of
> >TradeStation. This means we will still be making payments for
> TS2000i which
> >is made obsolete by the changes in the EasyLanguage code used with
> >TradeStation.com. How long before TradeStation.com EasyLanguage
> code is not
> >longer compatible with TS2000i? Right from the start, six
> months, one year?
> >Who knows. *******Are we going to be making payments for
> TradeStation2000i
> >and monthly payments for TradeStation.com at the same
> time?******* The fact
> >that OR is switching to TradeStation.com so fast after the release of
> >TradeStation2000i is starting to make me feel screwed and I am
> probably one
> >of Omega Research's most loyal admirers.
> >
> >
> >
> >My venting for the year
> >Patrick.
> >
> >
>
>
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