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It was mind over matter. (They don't mind because we obviously don't matter to them) > Jim, This has been a long standing issue with OPRA that seems to have > fallen on deaf ears. It all started when OPRA simply used the proof on > concept code that SpryWare and Pantor wrote to demonstrate the concept > of FAST and released it as a production feed. They never consulted the > group to review their implementation, in fact they distributed decoder > source coded that still contained the original proof of concept cvs > version control headers. > > The proof of concept code was not FAST compliant, because FAST was not > even formalized at that point. I do believe they consulted Jordan and > Jordan before releasing their version 2 of OPRA FAST, "OPRA FAST for > Symbology", about correcting the non compliant portions of the code. For > some reason they chose not to bother. > > So you are left with a feed that cannot be decoded with a generic FAST > decoder. The changes are minor, simply adding a few more templates > rather than having messages templates dynamically changed based on > message content. > > /Daniel > > > > OPRA is not a FAST compliant market data feed - it is FAST-like but is > > not compliant with the FAST Specification. What are other vendors > > doing to address the OPRA Market data feed - which should not be > > confused with being a FAST market data feed? We are a bit concerned to > > alter or break our standard implementations to support OPRA. Seems > > like an alternative product or code branch might be preferred to > > corrupting the main code line of a FAST compliant product. [You can unsubscribe from this discussion group by sending a message to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Financial Information eXchange" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/FIX-Protocol?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
