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Jim,
eSignal version does not require such maintenance. The user works with
Omega, not with Dynastore. You may add/edit/delete symbols to/at/from Omega
Server and this is the only place where you have to do this.
DB
> Hello Timothy,
>
> I used DS + Q.com and left it because of the high maintenance it
> required. One thing I hated was entereing symbols into Dynastore and
> making sure the Q.com symbol and TS Server symbol were synced up. Does
> the e-signal version require you to input the symbols manually into
> DS?
>
> Best regards,
> Jim Johnson
>
> Wednesday, April 11, 2001, 10:49:32 PM, you wrote:
>
>
> TM> Carroll!
>
> TM> You'll love this release. Honest. DS and Esignal has been utterly
bugfree
> TM> and carefree and the feed has really been great! I have been really
> TM> pleasantly surprised, because Esignal is the antithesis of everything
BMI
> TM> has become.
>
> TM> Remember, DB is writing a bunch of releases at once. And doing some
neat
> TM> things, as you'll see soon. The quote.com experience requires more
> TM> patience and in my opinion, don't let that DS product, which is joined
to a
> TM> feed that has some great ideas and poor execution, color your views of
the
> TM> Esignal version.
>
> TM> Best,
>
> TM> Tim Morge
>
> TM> At 05:14 PM 4/11/01 -0700, Carroll Slemaker wrote:
> >>The first question which popped into my mind also was Why does this
package
> >>require such intensive support? It ought to be completely transparent,
as
> >>is stated on their Web site. If it is highly temperamental and barfs at
the
> >>slightest excuse or irregularity, I would be very reluctant to place my
> >>trust in it (I don't have the resources to maintain two separate
> >>hardware/software systems with a separate subscription to a different
> >>service as a backup).
> >>
> >>I'm also uneasy with a year-to-year subscription plan if the software
> >>contains built-in code which periodically renders it useless until
> >>revalidated with a special password from the vendor. I don't mind
paying an
> >>annual fee for support/updates, but I DO NOT like the risk of suddenly
> >>losing my trading platform because the vendor happens to go belly-up.
> >>
> >>I'm currently using TS4 with BMI/cable and, based upon things I've read
on
> >>this list in the past, I've been eagerly looking forward to this DS Lite
> >>release. But what I'm reading now is causing me serious doubts. I
would
> >>greatly appreciate hearing from any of you who can either (1) allay my
fears
> >>about Dynastore, or (2) confirm that I should start planning for a
different
> >>system than TS4/DSLite/eSignal.
> >>
> >>Thanks.
> >>
> >>
> >> > First question is why it needs such a high support level? I tried DS
with
> >> > TS4 and found it to be such a pain I gave up and went with plain
vanilla
> >> > TS2Ki and DTN satellite (not the best solution, but better than a
patch
> >> > work). It simply wasn't worth all the trouble of trying to keep all
the
> >> > fragile pieces working together. While its true $240 isn't much, if I
paid
> >> > that for all the software I run...well, you get the idea.
>
>
>
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