Jim Dean![]() Sage ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Posts: 3433 Joined: 3/13/2006 Location: L'ville, GA ![]() | Jaxin - I understand your reluctance to do a rewrite, if your time is at a premium, and if you are already highly profitable (way way beyond the average, according to your numbers). The old saying "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" certainly applies, for your system. Of course, for the OT parser in general, it "were broke", and "they dun fixed it". Since that fix will remain in place for all future years (versus going backwards), then by locking in on OT2008 now, you're not providing for much flexibility 2-4 years from now, when 08 is no longer actively supported, and when many new addons will likely not work with it. So be it, if you feel that your system will remain profitable, unchanged, for years ... or if you feel that OT2008's stability and feature-set is sufficient to stand the test of time. I know people that still use versions of TradeStation dating back to the late 90's. One question ... if you had the ability to "throw a switch" and have all your code work in OT2009 (and therefore, most likely, in future OT's), would you choose to do so? If yes, would you be willing to share a very limited portion of your extra-ordinary profits, to pay for the switch to be thrown? There are probably several people out here (myself included) who are willing to do contract programming, and are willing to sign non-disclosure and non-compete agreements. It may be that you could have your cake and eat it too. I suspect the cost of doing the conversions would be pretty low. Just a thot to consider ... |