I¡¯ve been looking after IBController since 2003, maintaining the code, developing new features, and supporting users. My aim has always been to make it a useful tool that anyone can use to improve their experience of working with Interactive Brokers¡¯ Trader Workstation and Gateway. My philosophy in supporting users has been to respond to their problems or suggestions as soon as possible, and to try to understand why it is that they have such problems and, if possible, to remove or alleviate these causes.
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The amount of time I¡¯ve had to commit to this task has varied widely over the years, from periods of months where there has been practically nothing to do, to times when it¡¯s been truly taxing to get everything done along with my everyday work and life. The last few months since IB introduced their new packaging with TWS 952 has been one of those difficult periods, and it has caused me to re-evaluate my relationship to IBController. As a result, I¡¯ve decided that I need to bow out from my role as guardian of IBController, and hand it over to someone else.
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So today I¡¯m pleased to be able to announce that with immediate effect, IBController will have a new champion in the person of Jared Broad (email Jared Broad jared@...). Jared is the mastermind behind a young and dynamic company who use IBController within their commercial offerings, and he has a vested interest in ensuring that it continues to work well with current and future versions of TWS/Gateway. He is committed to further developing IBController to make it easier to install and use, and to introduce innovations that will make it easier for users with special requirements to adapt it to their needs without having to fork the project.
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Future IBController development will be undertaken by an experienced Java developer, under Jared¡¯s management, and employed by his company.
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I expect to contribute some guidance and background understanding in the coming days or weeks while the new developer gets up to speed. Also as a full-time user of IBController myself, I will feel free to make comments and suggestions via GitHub as IBController evolves.
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IBController will of course remain completely free and open source, and licensed under the GPL version 3.
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If you have any questions or concerns arising from this announcement, please post them on the IBController User Group at ?/g/ibcontroller.
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Thanks for your often flattering appreciation of my efforts over the past 13 years.
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Richard King
MarketMole