[Quickfix-announce] QuickFIX 1.8.0 Available / QuickFIX Support

[Oren M. <or...@qu...>]

QuickFIX 1.8.0 is now available at http://www.quickfixengine.org/

Release notes are available at  
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php? 
group_id=37535&release_id=249518

The biggest new feature is the addition of the python API.  Many thanks  
go to the SWIG developers, http://www.swig.org.  The VB.NET API is also  
working again.  Code samples and implementations of the executor  
example are available for both these languages.

Users of MySQL will definitely want this upgrade.  There are several  
important updates to the MySQL store and logger.

Logout messages are now sent after receiving a sequence number that is  
too low.  The text of the logout shows the expected and received  
numbers.  This should make resolving sequence number issues much  
easier.

See the release notes for further details.  Thanks for all the  
contributions, I'm trying to make sure everyone is properly credited in  
the CONTRIBUTORS and THANKS files.  If I missed you, let me know.

--oren


** QuickFIX Support **

I'd also like to announce that formal QuickFIX support is now  
available.  Connamara Systems and Macdonald Associates are providing  
support contracts to QuickFIX users.  This is being done to address the  
concern over not having an accountable third party.  Now you have two.   
If you or your CTO has been asking: "But who can we call?", now you  
know.

Both of these companies have been long time supporters of QuickFIX,  
have made important contributions, and use QuickFIX in their own  
product lines.  Combined, they have offices in Chicago, London,  
Switzerland, Germany, and New Dehli.  This gives QuickFIX a support  
infrastructure comparable to what you would find at a commercial  
vendor.  For more information, please visit the services page at  
http://www.quickfixengine.org/services.html