Re: [Quickfixj-users] Implementing Custom Logons

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

I was actually working at Stafford Trading when I saw the  
presentation by Javelin, which predates my time at TW.  TW did  
sponsor the project through much of its early development.

--oren

On Mar 8, 2007, at 5:48 PM, Joerg Thoennes wrote:

> On 03/08/2007 11:49 PM, Steve Bate wrote:
>> Bud Bach wrote:
>>> P.S.  Does the "Quick" in QuickFIX refer to how quickly messages are
>>> processed, how quick it is to build an application or both?  I  
>>> was looking
>>> for some performance numbers but didn't see anything.
>> Oren selected the name, so I'll defer to him since I don't know how
>> he selected it.
>
> In the very beginnings, as Oren still worked for ThoughtWorks, he  
> saw a presentation of a major FIX engine vendor. Being astounded by  
> both the price and the limitations of the product, he began to put  
> together some code... [Oren to continue]
>
> I guess he named it "QuickFIX" because he could produce useful  
> results quickly...