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Hello DayTrade,
I'm more inclined towards a MS Access (database) based app - better
for repeatability and processing large volumes of data. I use EoD ACII
data and I can just link to those files.
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Best regards,
Ross mailto: ross.bond@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Saturday, December 09, 2000, 1:46:58 AM, you wrote:
DRU> A naive question....
DRU> How about an Excel based platform? Let Microsoft keep
DRU> up with the changing world for us.
DRU> --- 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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