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You have my 25 cents.
Val
----- Original Message -----
From: "jpaladin" <jpaladin@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, October 05, 2001 7:24 PM
Subject: Re: BEST TRADING SOFTWARE - my solution
> Guys, was it wrong of me to take Tradestation apart, rebuild it
under a
> different name and then market it as MarketStation? I feel kinda bad
for
> doing it but my wife has expensive tastes and trading in the market
was not
> getting anywhere so now I'm selling stolen/re-worked software.
That's not
> wrong, is it? I mean, I'm scared of my wife.
>
> Regards,
> John Theo
>
>
>
> >
> > > <snip>
> > >
> > > Take a good (system) trader telling a good engineer what the
trader
> needs.
> > > Give me 3 decent QA engineers, and 3 developers to implement and
I could
> > > design and develop a product just as good as Tradestation
(charting,
> > > language, and if needed server). It's not the company it's
knowing the
> art
> > > and science of software which is all about individuals. Any
company
> > > committed to building a good product could do that. Marketing
it is
> > > entirely another issue which is where the real experience is at
Omega I
> > > think.
> >
> > If you have only 3 QA + 3 developers ... it will take 3 to 5
years.
> >
> > >
> > > It would take time and money no question. It would probably
take around
> > > 6-700K starting from scratch (3 dev @ 140-180K/yr a piece, 3 QA
at
> 35-80K/yr
> > > and add cushion). People come and go in a company all the time
so it's
> > > quality of the people hired that make the difference. This
depends on
> > > finding the right managers who in turn find the right people.
But it
> can be
> > > bought anywhere, anytime.
> > >
> >
> > double the staff, double the budget,
> > than the time will be shorten to 2 to 4 years.
> >
> > not speculation, but from actual experience.
> >
> > Lawrence
> >
> >
>
>
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