Stewart wrote:
It was after all myself that brokered the deal to purchase the code of Mike. It was only then that we discovered that there were various financial additions to the total that Richard was not aware of. How could I forget it.

Oh this is fun! It's amazing the BS that gets stated on this site when no-one who was actually involved first hand is here to counter it. Stewart, that's all pure fiction. It's time we stuck to historical facts.
You ask, "How could I forget it?" You seem to forget a lot. Do you forget that you asked myself and Russell Main to work full time on your code, and you promised me you'd be able to pay me when I sent in the bills and that Windowview was "awash with cash". Then, when I sent in the bills, I get told that you can't pay because the Windowview bank account is actually empty.
And it wasn't that you lied to me that you had plenty money in Windowview. No, I knew that was true as Russ and I were pretty much the only creditors of Windowview. So where had all the money gone that had been received by Windowview for Midas sales and rental? Of course we know the answer to that, don't we? You paid out over £50,000 in dividends to the shareholders so that when our bills arrived there was no money left in the account to pay us.
That's a really dirty trick, Stewart, and you know it. I'm no business law expert but I'd like to know if it's legal. I *do* know that you're only allowed to pay out dividends on profits. You knew that we had been working flat out for you and you know our daily rates. You knew that you owed us for the work we had done, so to siphon off all the cash as dividend payments knowing that you were about to receive large invoices for work already completed is something that should be investigated if you ask me.
Now, since you were a director of Diplomat UK Ltd which is now in liquidation, it's your duty to supply the liquidator's name and address on request. So could you please reply with the name and address of the Diplomat liquidator as I'd like to speak to them.
Stewart wrote:
As far as the Scott code was concerned we have totally rewritten the booking screen the despatch screen and the data storage mechanisms, there really is little left of the original code.
More nonsense. You don't have the technical knowledge to engage in discussion at this level Stewart. You claim that anyone looking at Navigator will see that it's completely different from the original Midas. Well I've had a look at Navigator and I'm amazed at how *little* has changed from Midas. You've added a lot of frills around the edges but the core code is the same. The tell-tale signs are all there. For example, the security hole introduced 2 years ago by Jason in the original derivative of Midas is still there in Diplomat Navigator on the version I looked at a couple of weeks ago. It allows anyone to circumvent the login system and get into the system without a password. Or are you suggesting that Jason and Matt rewrote the bugs when they rewrote Navigator!
You claim that you have "rewritten the data storage mechanisms". More BS. I can see that Navigator still uses exactly the same object repository written by myself, based on Borland VCL object streaming with my additional Bayer+ tree indexing code. If that weren't the case, it wouldn't be possible to do a quick analysis of the Navigator data file to find the additional properties you've added to the Midas data object classes, which in turn reveals what areas of the system you've been working on. It's all there in plain view for any "fully qualified Delphi expert" to see. Again, this shows you've been telling stories, Stewart. Unlike you, I can and will back up all that I'm saying. If you like, I'll post details of the additional properties here on this forum.
But credit where it's due. I hear that Matt has spent a year working on voice recording and statistical breakdown of calls received. The graphing looks nice.
Oh, that reminds me. I'm curious about the raster map data that you're using in Navigator on a couple of sites. They look for all the world like screen dumps from a well-known online UK street mapping web site. I'm sure this isn't true, as it would be a blatant contravention of their terms of use and no-one would be stupid enough to do that. So where did you get your raster maps?
And is it true that you only have 2 sites that are using GPS in the whole of England? If not, which sites use it? Does it do autoplotting or does it only show where vehicles are on one of these dubious raster maps?
Finally, is it true that Peter Roback left Diplomat or did you ask him to leave? And if he left why did he leave? And is it true that director's salary cheques have been bouncing again? Ouch!
