> Since DLL writing is (almost) platform agnostic, DLL writers in the > trading area will have a tendency to code for platforms that provide > built-in support for locking a DLL to a customer or software ID. > > I would predict that such "commercializing" integration features would > result in a distinct increase in the number of commercial DLLs > available for AB.
Progster, How does that work? Why do commercial programmers need that - what advantage does it offer them? Anyone? Copyright is an interesting subject ... I have wondered about it with regard to trading e.g. did John Bollinger copyright 'his' bands, which are nothing but a trading application of well known math principles (StDev and Moving Average) ... does AB pay Chaikin, Wilder, Bollinger etc for using 'their' indicators? There are a lot of other grey areas too. brian_z -- In [email protected], "progster01" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The discussion so far on "Why so few?" DLLs seems pretty much > on-target to me. > > I would add: > > Ability to program a non-trivial DLL is a marketable skill that takes > a long time to develop. > > There are certainly a number of fine examples of free contribution to > the AB community in the DLL area (e.g. RMath, for one). > > One can only feel gratitude and appreciation for such "above and > beyond" contributions. > > However, capable DLL authors have the same 24/7/365 limitations as > everyone else, and must confront a simple choice about how/where to > spend their time and effort: getting paid, or not getting paid. > > Since DLL writing is (almost) platform agnostic, DLL writers in the > trading area will have a tendency to code for platforms that provide > built-in support for locking a DLL to a customer or software ID. > > I would predict that such "commercializing" integration features would > result in a distinct increase in the number of commercial DLLs > available for AB. >
