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I hope you're right, so far, all I've got from OR is a promise to ship out
a CD of the latest and greatest SP4 near the end of Jan 2000. I'm not
holding my breath. -uf
At 10:06 AM 1/17/00 -0500, M. Simms wrote:
>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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