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A naive question....
How about an Excel based platform? Let Microsoft keep
up with the changing world for us.
--- Robert Bianchi <r.bianchi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I think as private traders and companies relying on
> TradeStation, Omega
> have arrived at the fork on the road. Omega have
> gone one way. Is it the
> best strategy for Omega ?? Probably, YES.
>
> Is it the best strategy for its customers and
> traders ?? Probably, NO.
>
> I think the time for the reliance on Omega needs to
> be seriously reviewed
> by all out there.
>
> How long did it take for Omega to build a 32bit
> TradeStation ??? Win95
> arrived in Aug 95, TS2000 arrived in April 1999. It
> took Omega 3.5 years to
> get TS2000 out.
>
> Well guess what fellas, the Win2000 64 bit OS and
> intel 64 bit chips are
> gonna arrive next year. The world and the internet
> will move and adapt to
> the new speed and that's where TradeStation.com will
> probably go to, BUT,
> wait, what about the 16bit TS4 or the 32bit TS2000
> ??? Will Billy Gates let
> 16 bit programs run on 64bit Win 200 OS ??? I don't
> know. What will happen
> to them ???
>
> Are all you traders gonna run legacy Pentium 3
> 600Mhz PCs for the rest of
> your trading lives for the next 5 years while the
> rest of the world moves
> faster to 64bit ??
>
> One thing is for sure. The ONLY 64bit TradeStation
> you will ever see will
> be TradeStation.com.
>
> I will seriously look at Linux FreeMarket as I now
> know that time is of the
> essence. Omega have changed their business model
> and I DO NOT see many
> companies that make money by utilising this internet
> /"symantec" business
> model. Symantec is one of a few but there are 1000s
> of web companies going
> down the toilet fast. TS's enormous advantage was
> its backtesting
> capability. The rest of TS is shit. If Omega lose
> this advantage with
> TS.com then what ?
>
> LINUX FREEMARKET, BRING IT ON!!!!!!
>
> Regards,
>
> Robert Bianchi
> r.bianchi@xxxxxxxxx
>
>
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