[Quickfix-announce] QuickFIX version 0.9.0 now available

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Thoughtworks is pleased to announce version 0.9.0 of QuickFIX, the open
source FIX engine for Windows, Linux and now *Solaris* is available for
download at http://quickfix.sourceforge.net

This is the final major pre release of QuickFIX before version 1.0.0.  For
the pre-release versions we are not publishing all of the changes, however
here are some of the major enhancements we have made to the product:

Solaris support,
      QuickFIX now builds and runs under the Solaris operating system. We
have verified that the port was smooth by running the same automated test
suite       against our Solaris build that we run against our Linux and
Windows builds. The port was very quick and easy and we expect other ports
to be just as     painless.

Archipelago certification,
      QuickFIX has been certified on all levels for production use on their
systems.  The certifications we received are in all categories including
Session           Level Tests, Orderflow Tests, Cancel Tests, Cancel
Replace Tests - Quantity, Cancel Replace Tests - Price,  and the more
advanced Optional             Orderflow Tests.  We have certified for both
the Archipelago ECN and the Archipelago Exchange for FIX versions 4.0 and
4.1

More tests,
      More tests have been added to both the code based unit tests and the
FIX functionality tests.  Most of these functionality  tests are designed
according   to the fix protocol defined behaviors document.  Running these
tests on your system will verify that your build is good. You should only
continue to use   QuickFIX if *all* these tests pass on your system.
Otherwise you may have undefined behavior.

User Documentation,
      A full set of documentation is included with QuickFIX that gives step
by step instructions on installing, setting up a project, building and
application, and  configuring QuickFIX.  There is also class documentation
with comments for the entire object model.

Example programs,
      Two example programs are included with this version of QuickFIX.  One
application is a simple sell side OMS that will accept order messages and
      match limit orders from counter parties.  Execution reports will be
sent when two orders are matched.  A buy side console based buy side
trading client    is also provided that allows a user to send orders to a
FIX destination.

We are also working on supplying a JNI interface and a sample GUI
application.  Version 1.0.0 will be released in about a week and at this
point will mostly be affected by the feedback we receive.

-- Oren Miller
   ThoughtWorks
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