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On Tue, Aug 10, 2004 at 8:47:09PM -0400, RB wrote:
> Do you know if and where any other archives of the omega-list are
> located or is PureBytes the only ones available?
I don't know of any others; maybe if someone else knows they'll speak up.
> Also while I was reading the archives of the omega-list at
> PureBytes, I read many times about a code-list. Are there any
> archives of the code-list?
That's maintained by Mark Brown; he might have an archive, or maybe
someone maintained an archive of that one.
> One more question while I am at it. ;)
> Who is Jim, Jack and Steve Hill? I don't mean personaly or even
> last names. I would just like to know what they did back then and
> what they do now etc.
> Are they traders, programers, work for trading companies, other
> companies, on their own, full time, part time etc. Just interested
> in knowing how they came about this list. What they did then and
> now etc.
My background is engineering/computer science, with a very enjoyable
summer as a daytrader back in 1969, watching the tape on the broker's
wall. I spent many years designing medical devices before returning
to trading full time in 1994. I'd heard about TradeStation at the
1993 TAG conference, and chose that platform, and immediately ran
into the infamous Omega Research support issues.
Back then the internet consisted mostly of email and usenet
newsgroups, and I took to closing all my posts to
misc.invest.whatever with some comment about a TradeStation support
list: did anyone know of one, if not, maybe we should start one, etc.
It didn't take very long for people to start responding to me
privately, agreeing that such a list was needed. One of those
responders was Steve Hill, a computer consultant in the Washington,
D.C. area who had recently become a trader. Eskimo, my ISP, was just
setting up its list server, so while they worked out the kinks, Steve
jumped in with a spare Linux box he had and set up the list at his
site. We mentioned the new list a couple of times on the misc.invest
groups, and things took off quickly.
I met Jack at the 1994 TAG conference and mentioned both the omega-
list, and Eskimo, as he was shopping for an ISP in the Seattle area.
When Steve announced that he was giving up on trading and the list,
I volunteered to take it over, and Jack volunteered to help.
The move took place just before the 1995 TAG conference, so Jack
printed up a pile of flyers giving the list's new coordinates,
and we spread the word at TAG.
Anyway, that's how it all got started.
I've always wondered what became of Steve...
Jim
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