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PostPosted: Tue Feb 03, 2004 6:31 pm 
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OK Mr Guest have it your own way.
We have plenty of Data heads.
We have never failed to deliver any data heads to any taxi company that was owed them. So I really don't know where you get your info from.
If you have someone in mind please speak up and I will call them.

But please consider this. Diplomat Navigator is not Midas. Look at just a few of the features Navigator has:
Setup Wizards to make installation a breeze.
1) Offline plot setup and add geo data to streets.
2) Mapping to assist in plot setup, takes just a few minutes to plot your streets and see that they are correct
3) Callback
4) Autobook
5) Driver Scheduling
6) Online booking
7) Displays address of caller before you answer calls
8) Answer calls using mouse from telephonists position
9) Job colour coding
10) Plot colour coding
11) Terminal services login for remote teleworkers
12) Automated Zip backups
13) Full logging for custom reports

In addition to this a comprehensive list of Data features.

Midas has none of these.

Lets get the record straight.
Lets give it credit where it was due.
The visual interface for Midas was quite good. Unfortunately it did not scale well to larger companies doing over 25K jobs a week and running more than 100 cars on shift.
It also lacked reliability and many essential features.
We spent a lot of effort rewriting the product and what you see is the rewritten product with all the features our customers demanded.
Midas has none of the features listed above so your claim is somewhat flawed. If you wanted to call it Midas Plus! to make yourself feel better please feel free. It would however confuse our target market with the existing version of Midas still in use which is sadly lacking a lot of essential features that are included in Diplomat Navigator.
Navigator Lite is the two-seat version, it has all the standard features of Navigator Pro and is free. If you want a copy to try out you may have one.
Please feel free to crank your PC clock forward to 2020 and see if it times out. It won't. Anyone can do it :wink:
Its not exactly rocket science :oops:
So before you go using strong words like Liar... and hiding behind the name Guest please just try out the product and see if what you claim is true. If it is not then please be man enough to report back on your findings.
Again.. Thanks for your time.. It has been a pleasure :lol:
Go on I dare you :D :) :shock:

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PostPosted: Tue Feb 03, 2004 7:17 pm 
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hmmmm, sounds good, does it wipe my backside too? :lol:

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If you put it in the scheduler it could send you a reminder. :lol:
It does however do regular scheduled backups and also copies them automatically to remote locations thus covering your backside if the dodo realy hits the fan. :shock:

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hmm sounds good, has a sense of humour too :lol:

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PostPosted: Wed Feb 04, 2004 2:38 am 
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Tom,

I have got to say, that everything I have so far seen (I must qualify in that manner as I have not seen it all), works.

Irrespective of the alleged shinanikins, Diplomat is a good product, and is exciting to me as it is developing so fast.

If you have a spare terminal, why don't you try the free offer. It will probably cost you £200 for a street database, but where else can you get a true working evaluation copy of anything to play with before (and if) you buy?

There is no way I will condemn them for that kind of marketing, because its what I have been almost begging software suppliers to do for ages. Try it in house. Thats the only way to test it to destruction. All it costs is your time and £200 say.

As for being free..... Well....

My reading is that nothing is free like you say. I too am a cynic. The whole marketing ploy in my mind, is that if they start you on it, you wont want to learn another package, so will buy from them as you move forward in your trade.

Now, I remember another company that did that. It gave its initial software away free on nearly every PC made. Then, it made its money on selling the upgrades. But, only after it had taken over the world. You may know the Company's name. Microsoft?

To me, this is a very brave ploy on the part of Diplomat. The risk, is revenue growth. If they get it, they have won. If they don't... Welll... you know the story.

Perhaps it explains a number of things eh?

But, if you are gonna take a gamble like that, the last thing you want to risk it on, is a crap product. Personally, I think Stewart is far too smart (I could use other words), to take a risk like that.

Note: Even Mike Scott doesnt knock the product.

Time will tell.

Sucessful "Angels" in business, are very rare (if you get my point?).



mike scott wont he wrote it!

he once owned it!

and gave it some sites that bit him.


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PostPosted: Wed Feb 04, 2004 2:41 am 
just make sure you are secure when they go tits up, as they will

last time for more than annual turnover

some poor [edited by admin] will have to pay like they did last time


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I think Mrs. Guest is confused again. :oops:
Navigator is and always was owned by Windowview Ltd.
That company has never and will never go "Tits up" as you put it. :D
Surely secure is a strange choice of words as the product is free and has no expiry. :roll:
What did you actually mean or had you not thought that one through?

Actually it is a good marketing jingle. :idea:

"Feeling insecure, is money tight?"
"Free up your finances with Navigator Lite"

Thanks

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PostPosted: Thu Feb 05, 2004 1:48 am 
have you a good buisness? in diplomat do you trust?

take it carefull the last time they went bust.


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PostPosted: Thu Feb 05, 2004 10:39 am 
Always be careful, but never frown.
Bust or not they don't let you down.
The naughty boys say "They've gone away"
Its crystal clear they are here to stay.

So why the fuss?
Its plain to see.
Navigator is the best.
My god its Free.


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YAWN

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Really Jason, you have no grasp of culture. :roll:

I thought it was rather good! :lol:

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PostPosted: Thu Feb 05, 2004 10:30 pm 
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It is often quite hard, to make a decision
on a product that some, do view with derision

I cant say its best, with any real zest,
But grab a free copy and put it to test
I've seen it in action and been quite impressed
But wonder how good on a Saturday night stressed

We've placed a firm order for a copy thats free
and we'll see what its like when delivered to me.
It may be the dog's B*ll*cks, we must wait and see
I hope it comes tomorrow, just in time for tea.

A couple of peeps think that Diplomat suck
They may be truthful or just slinging muck
but if a free copy I can surely pluck
Then if its all FREE, I don't give a Fig.

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I thought what a bit of high class poetry. But I can't work out why the last bit doesn't rhyme. :? :? :?

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Nice one Andy.. :lol:

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PostPosted: Fri Feb 06, 2004 3:45 am 
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I thought what a bit of high class poetry. But I can't work out why the last bit doesn't rhyme. :? :? :?


no fig should have been f***.


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