Re: [Quickfix-developers] FIXML

[Joshua C. B. <jo...@xl...>]

Oren,

Thanks for the information.  It was very helpful.  I do have another quick
(heh) question regarding QuickFIX.  I noticed compile time options for
linking to the MySQL library, and I was wondering what purpose that serves
as far as QuickFIX goes; that is - what is MySQL used for within the
QuickFIX engine?

Additionally, I just want to thank everyone who has been working on this
project.  It's great to see something like this available in the open source
community.  Keep up the good work!

Cheers,
Joshua

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Oren Miller" <ore...@ya...>
To: "Joshua C. Bergeron" <jo...@xl...>;
<qui...@li...>
Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2004 11:44 PM
Subject: Re: [Quickfix-developers] FIXML


> No, QuickFIX does not support FIXML and there arn't
> any current plans to do so.  FIXML is something
> fixprotocol.org has been trying to push to several
> years but really it's just not catching on.  It was
> proposed during the heady days when XML hype was at
> it's peak and everybody was proposing using XML for
> all purposes (those days are over... arn't they?)
>
> I really can't think of a major financial institution
> that exposes a public FIXML interface.  I know there
> are some that use it for internal systems, but really
> FIX not only eclipses it with its installed base, but
> also eclipses it with its adoption.  FIX proper is
> growing faster than ever and I'm just not seeing the
> same demand for FIXML.  Now people are also starting
> to use FIX for more high frequency things like market
> data, where FIXML is just unworkable.
>
> QuickFIX can handle what you want it to do.  As I tell
> everyone, start using QuickFIX and get going on
> producing some useful code.  If it turns out all your
> needs are met then you're golden.  If not, you can
> either shop around for a commercial engine, or do what
> most people do and modify QF to fit you're needs and
> contribute any generally usefull changes back to the
> project.
>
> At this point I believe QF has more or less made a FIX
> engine a commodity, at least that was the goal.
> You'll have to see if any of the vendors can offer you
> value above and beyond FIX compliance that you feel is
> worth paying for.
>
> --oren
>
> --- "Joshua C. Bergeron" <jo...@xl...> wrote:
> > Greetings,
> >
> > Does QuickFIX support FIXML?  If not, is anyone
> > working on currently implementing it, or are there
> > any plans at all for this?  I am curious, because
> > FIXML seems to be the 'new standard'?  But I'm not
> > really sure.  I'm rather new to the world of FIX.
> >
> > My organization would like to implement some kind of
> > FIX based server that would allow us to tie the back
> > end into our own market data, and be able to
> > simulate orders over the FIX protocol to some
> > extent.
> >
> > QuickFIX was my first thought regarding this, but
> > maybe the developers here can give me some input?
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Joshua C. Bergeron
>
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