Yes, that's right. The optimizer camp isn't so much 'loud' as the other camps are 'quiet'.
A good reason not to shut down contrary opinion/discussion in this forum. Not all user contribution is technical either - there is no reason to stomp out polite discussion on the pros and cons of AB's business model - who knows maybe Tomasz will be quietly influenced by the opinion of free thinkers in this area too. (it is normal for 'radical' ideas to be opposed today and silently adopted tomorrow). brian_z -- In [email protected], "Phsst" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > TJ's business model is certainly unique. > > NEVER before have I seen a business owner / developer directly > involved with each and every customer thru a forum like this. > > TJ deserves praise for tightly integrating increasingly sophisticated > functionality into the AB product. > > But the AB customer community deserve a great deal of praise for > innovative ideas that TJ ultimately adapted to AB. > > Fred is a free-thinker who introduced us to the concepts of portfolio > backtesting and PSO which have since been tightly integrated into AB. > > William Peters introduced the 'wizard' concept for non-programmer's > which has since been improved upon and tightly integrated into AB by TJ. > > Howard Bandy's published analytical approaches using AB as a platform > have resulted in new AB functionality that TJ has incorporated into > the product. > > And there are quite a few other users whose ideas / suggestions TJ has > implemented into the AB product. And of course Dimitris was the > ultimate 'end-user' in years past who could show us all how to > implement new features of AB. > > None of this takes away from TJ's development skills, but it is > important to acknowledge the contributions of the entire AB community > in the evolution of AB. >
