[lug] Gnome Stock Ticker broken recently

D. Stimits stimits at idcomm.com
Tue Feb 12 11:54:36 MST 2002


Evelyn Mitchell wrote:
> 
> * On 2002-02-12 18:37 D. Stimits <stimits at idcomm.com> wrote:
> >
> > I am curious if the data source is a free source? I think most of the
> > stock services I've seen listed (well, all) had a fee. Having the source
> > it *might* not be all that bad to figure out what has changed.
> 
> No one charges for 20-minute delayed quotes, everyplace charges for
> real-time quotes (though this charge may be hidden in commissions
> at online brokerages.
> 
> The most common location for free quotes to be pulled from is Yahoo.

Is there a common format for the data from most of these sources? Is the
application that works with Yahoo interchangeable on one or more other
free delay sources?

D. Stimits, stimits at idcomm.com

> 
> Evelyn Mitchell
> efm at tummy.com
> _______________________________________________
> Web Page:  http://lug.boulder.co.us
> Mailing List: http://lists.lug.boulder.co.us/mailman/listinfo/lug



More information about the LUG mailing list