Wow! With those limitations, I am sure the user base will shrink dramatically.
Unless they decide to change, MS will eventually become a relic of the past (it
is probably moving swiftly in that direction now). There are just too many
other choices available rather than having to put up with so many limitations.
I own an older version of MS that I rarely use. I have migrated to other
sources that meet all of my needs.
Charles
--- In [email protected], "William" wrote:
>
>
>
> Bob, a couple of things...
>
> I have been an EOD user for years and have version #11. I ordered Meta 12 and
> asked for a refund in less than 24 hours - and they did refund it forthwith.
>
> One thing is that one cannot even Open Metastock 12 unless you have the
> Reuters subscription - Click on the program and the first thing you see is a
> popup screen asking for ID/password. Then the program will open.
>
> Another thing is that no matter what data you have on your hard-drive, the
> program will not read it.
>
> And lastly, what it all means is that without an Internet connection you are
> SOL. So forget about crunching numbers if you do not have an internet
> connection.
>
> It could be that I did not understand the program that well, but I think I
> did. Anyway, I could not see what Metastock 12 could do that Metastock 11
> couldn't.
>
> Bill
>
> --- In [email protected], "Robert" wrote:
> >
> > The questions on downloading Yahoo data to MS11 reminded me of my question.
> > What will this person do with MetaStock 12? The sales people and careful
> > reading of the MS12 brochure indicate that only Thompson-Reuters data can
> > be used.
> >
> > Are those of us who use "outside" data be stuck with MetaStock 11?
> >
> > Bob
> >
>
