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RE: The time has arrived for Linux FreeMarket or similar



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Now that make a lot of sense. Why re-invent the wheel.

Question: ideas on how to implement the charting at the level of
sophistication required by intra-day analysis?
Kimberly


> -----Original Message-----
> From: DayTrade R Us [mailto:daytraderus@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, December 08, 2000 8:47 AM
> To: Robert Bianchi; omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: The time has arrived for Linux FreeMarket or similar
>
>
> 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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