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Your question is too broad to get a meaningful answer. Differences are typically that new messages, fields and valid values are being added from one version to the next. This is just like a software vendor releasing new versions of his product with new features. It is like a tool box that grows over time. Older versions of FIX also changed semantics here and there, i.e. how certain business functionality is expressed. FIX issues new "releases" (called Extension Packs, Service Packs and Versions) based on requirements from the user community that are not yet covered by the current FIX specification. This includes new regulatory requirements that need to be covered. Regards, Hanno. > What is the difference between the different versions of Fix? > Alternatively, why do new versions keep getting released? > > Thanks in Advance, > > Clark [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.
