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John - excuse me, but that was a stupid statement...
as TS2000i is never really "supported" unless the source code is modified
and updates are provided
DIRECTLY FROM THE VENDOR.
User group "work-arounds" only go so far.
Bill Cruz made a definite decision around the beginning of this year to NOT
hire a consultant
to wade thru the million lines of source code to fix the miniscule bugs that
will forever exist
in TS2000i. Too bad for us "suckers".
Alternate "truly supported" platforms do exist, including Wealth Lab and
E-Signal...both are programmable,
but not as easy as Easy Language...sorry.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Groans [mailto:IBMBlueChip@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 6:57 PM
> To: omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: support for 2000i
>
>
> What does it matter if they stop supporting 2000i, just keep
> using it. It's
> great and free once you buy it. I use it with my IB data feed so I have a
> free data feed along with my already paid for 2000i. If they stop
> supporting
> it, so what. The omega list does a fine job of supporting it
> already, better
> than TS...
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark Brown" <markbrown@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 10:46 AM
> Subject: support for 2000i
>
>
> > Hello ,
> >
> >
> https://www.tradestationworld.com/discussions/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=1
> 0336&pollresults=1
> >
> > ts 2000i users may want to vote on this.
> >
> > Poll Question:
> >
> > I need to think about what to do at the end of the year when
> > tradestation 2000i will no longer be supported. I feel more strongly
> > than ever that a real trader needs a good data feed from a dish, a
> > reliable charting package, and a separate computer for order entry
> > with two different clearing firms and order entry platforms. This
> > cannot be combined into one package like tradestation 7. Yesterday a
> > friend with tradestation 7 came over to trade with is laptop and I was
> > able to compare tradestation 7 with my tradestation 2000i and the dtn
> > feed. There was no comparison. I was getting all the ticks. He was
> > getting a summary. His charts were incomplete and untradeable with the
> > approach we were using. We were both using 600 tick bars and I was
> > always several bars ahead. My indicators were nice and clean, his were
> > all choppy from missing data. All the stuff on his screen was a real
> > distraction. Charts were small with the order entry on screen. He had
> > four monitors on his home setup. I keep my order entry on a separate
> > computer. Tradestation probably feels that all the bells and whistles
> > will entice novice traders but it just distracts from real trading.
> > Tradestation 4 was more than adequate. I've found tradestation 2000i
> > with windows 2000 to be very stable. I've had no crashes except when
> > dtn makes a change and a patch is needed. If anyone else feels the way
> > I do we need to band together to get tradestation to continue support.
> > I don't care about the money they want for tradestation 7. I would be
> > willing to pay a fee for annual support. That's what the old computrac
> > used to do. I think they had a $300 yearly fee for support and
> > upgrades. Maybe if all 2000i users went on a campaign of writing to
> > Mr. Cruz they would reconsider stopping support. If they don't I will
> > switch to ensign or aspen graphics at the end of the year. I will not
> > "upgrade" (really a downgrade in my opinion) to tradestation 7. If
> > they paid me the monthly fee I would not use tradestation 7. If you
> > have any thoughts on what to do to keep support please let me know.
> > Does anyone know a way to contact Mr. Cruz directly? He used to be
> > reachable by phone in the old days. Now I can't even find an email
> > address for him.
> >
> > Thanks
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> > --
> > Thank You,
> > Mark Brown
> > www.markbrown.com
> > www.velocityfutures.com
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