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>All the critics....
FWIW, my intention was not to be critical Jim's efforts...but just
to question the "Wow" factor. Also, saying Bill Cruz is a great salesman is
a compliment in my book; I'm just wary of what he's selling. I was going to
say he could've been governor of Florida, but I wondered if the Republicans
on the list might take offense ;-)
Moreover, I agree that TS is the best thing out there, but I'd like to
see more effort on the quality and reliability side. I think Mr. Cruz leans
to flash and dash for cash. In the long run, IMHO, I think TRAD would make
more money by being better, rather than different (for those who have not
heard TRAD's publicly stated MO is to "be different rather than better"). TS
can be reliable, look at TS4. And now that DB @ Dynastore has made TS4
compatible with virtually every feed I wonder why TRAD doesn't sell or
bundle an updated version of TS4. It seems there is still demand for
reliable trading software, and no one, not even TRAD, has filled that bill.
One happy TS4 customer, who isn't sending any more money to Miami,
BW
>From: "Gerald Marisch" <gm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: "Bill Wynne" <tradewynne@xxxxxxxxxxx>, <lillard.main@xxxxxxxxxxx>,
> <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: Re: BILL Cruz gives us answers #1 of several.
>Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 09:01:52 -0500
>
>Jim:
>
>All the critics of your efforts and all the "I-told-you-so"s don't matter.
>Anyone on this list has the personal choice to believe or dis-believe
>anyone
>(including Bill Cruz).
>
>What matters is:
>1) You made the effort to find answers.
>2) You shared the answers with "The List".
>3) You gave everyone a "heads up".
>
>Well done! "Better to make a path than follow one."
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Bill Wynne" <tradewynne@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <lillard.main@xxxxxxxxxxx>; <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Friday, June 22, 2001 8:35 AM
>Subject: Re: BILL Cruz gives us answers #1 of several.
>
>
> > No doubt here: Bill's a great salesman. If it wasn't for Omega/TRAD
> > he'd probably be the mayor of Miami, or at least the best used car
> > saleman in Florida.
> >
> > BW
> >
> >
> > PS. in 1991 he told me they would get the Symbol Universe right next
>time
> > around...and I believed him!
> >
> >
> > >From: "James Lillard" <lillard.main@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >To: <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > >Subject: BILL Cruz gives us answers #1 of several.
> > >Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 01:54:34 -0400
> > >
> > >Wow - I have today, met with Bill Cruz, and he spend over 30 min.
>giving
>me
> > >answers to every question that was e-mailed to me over the last 3 days.
>I
> > >printed out every e-mail and he read and answered them all. He was
>very
> > >candid and I will write up all the questions and Bill Cruz's answers
>from
> > >my
> > >many notes. But it will not happen tonight. I am just too busy to do
>it
> > >all at once. So expect several postings from me over the next few
>days.
> > >
> > >But, here is a little information that should please us all. The
>release
> > >that is going live on June 27, 2001 is still just a beginning release.
> > >While it will have direct order entry and the ability to handle
>futures,
>it
> > >is in no way the final product. A great many additional features will
>be
> > >added to upcoming major releases over the next many months.
> > >
> > >A few of the additional features that are to be added to futures
>releases
> > >are:
> > >1. Many additional months of backward historical tick data.
> > >2. The ability to correct bad ticks and change the data originally
>sent.
> > >3. The ability to ADD you own ASCII data and symbols.
> > >4. The addition of Radar Screen's features.
> > >5. The addition of Option Station's features.
> > >
> > >Bill Cruz did not give me a specific month that Service Pack 6 will be
> > >released for the 2000i series, but after a little prodding, he promised
>me
> > >that it would be out this year, probably in the late fall.
> > >
> > >The company was very quick to state that they have made a major change
>in
> > >the direction that they are going. The old Omega Research was a
>software
> > >technology company. The new TradeStation Group is a financial services
> > >company. In order to succeed in this new direction, many things will
>have
> > >to change. Especially the companies attitude towards their customers
>and
> > >the quality of their products, and the company understands what they
>must
> > >do
> > >to be successful.
> > >
> > >Please, we all will have to wait and see what happens over the next
>couple
> > >of years. But the constant bashing of the company will not help.
> > >
> > >Carefully check out TradeStation Pro with each new major release. At
>the
> > >present time I know that I cannot use the upcoming version of
>TradeStation
> > >Pro, but many others can. Within the next several releases,
>TradeStation
> > >Pro should have enough high quality features that I will be using it
>for
> > >all
> > >of my real time trading.
> > >
> > >Please save this posting. More to follow.
> > >James Lillard
> > >
> >
> >
>
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