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Using it in UNIX to Windows migration marketing might have something to do with it. Vaguely reminiscent of Posix 'compliance' in NT. Buyer beware even if it is 'free'.

and from another post http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&postid=943940#post943940 So what's with the sudden interest in the NFA ?

Highly likely that the issue is due to your charting software. I don't have a problem with Sunday FX futures backfill with my own code (except for today which seemed to be an IB glitch now fixed).

Quite possibly, though Globex is certainly open so it should have been working. It is working now. It's the first time I've had a problem with it.

It would seem that IB historical data service is not working (either through the API or TWS charts) for GLOBEX and CBOT futures, though it is working for at least some other instruments eg DAX. Anybody else having this problem ?

Some options for dual DVI are nVIDIA NVS 280, Matrox G200 MMS, G450 MMS and G550. There are undoubtedly others. If you are using 1600x1200 20 inch panels, you need to check if DVI is supported at that resolution. Some cards only support 1280x1024. NVS 280 supports 1600x1200 DVI.

Most new machines come with PCI Express and unless there is some reason to buy one with AGP (eg wanting to use existing AGP video card), I would go for PCI Express. So your first video card will probably be PCI Express. If you need to add further cards later, they will have to be PCI. PCI...

If you don't want to play 3D games, then for two heads, you are probably better off with an nVidia NVS280. Passively cooled (no fan to create extra noise and possibly fail) and intended for 2D applications such as charting. They have a Y cable either one DMS-59 to two dsub (for vga) or one...

Nonon, I really didn't imply anything in particular about Python and I did recommend to DYOR. But here's some observations about Python and threads. After some admittedly brief googling about threads I came up with a couple of things that caught my attention. 1. Python threads are...

Yes. What you see is what you get.

Somewhat related to the old Fortran programmers joke that GOD is INTEGER unless declared REAL. The basic issue is that in a weakly typed languages bugs can be introduced into programs by changing the type of a variable at run time leading to unforseen/unwanted behavior. In a strongly...

In descending order of speed: C C++ C#/Java Python Of course if it's 'fast enough' the question is irrelevant.

As I have an awful lot of Java code, I certainly won't be abondoning Java any time soon and I'm yet to be convinced by some of the aguments in the Python/Java war. In particular the argument that more testing substitues for rigid compile time type checking, I find a little bit weak. Never the...

Just to confuse matters, I'd really advise against relying on OS emulators (even though *W*ine *I*s *N*ot an *E*mulator). Wine for example is far from perfect and Cygwin, great as it is, is not a perfect Unix emulation on Windows. In particular, MS can change Windows any time it likes in ways...

Prt, Could you give us a brief account of what you use Xen for ? Thanks

I have no experience with MyTrack, but I can offer some comments about IB and Java API. 1. It is reliable. Service problems are rare. 2. It is cheap. The API and software is free. Exchange fees are waived for US markets if you do $30+ comm per month. Otherwise $10 per month. No fees for...

There is absolutely zero chance that Unix will become marginal on the server side of things or in 'technical' areas such as telecommunications, supercomputing clusters and so forth. Linux will also thrive on embedded systems. Linux on the desktop will also grow. Who knows by how much...

Solaris runs on PCs as well as on sparc boxes and has done so for quite a few years. SUN are now taking Solaris x86 seriously due to their range of Athlon based machines. Most of Solaris is now open source - http://www.opensolaris.org/os/ Sun have an interesting deal at the moment giving away...

I'm sorry, but it still sounds like a sales pitch to me. Key word "deep pockets' linked to Unix. Truth is Linux is free, the BSD's are free and you can now have Solaris for free also. And development tools, databases, Office Software and many. many other things for free. The 'you're a...

Eric Raymond's "The Art of Unix Programming" is worth reading. It is more a discussion of the 'culture' of Unix than Unix programming as such and should give some insight into the real differences with the Windows world. Available free at http://www.faqs.org/docs/artu/