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#7286 - 16/01/07 11:01 AM
Re: Philips Optim
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Geoff Hannis
Hero
Registered: 12/02/04
Posts: 3026
Loc: the path less trodden
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Yes, don't waste your money! Develop your own system for complete control and peace of mind! 
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#7288 - 17/01/07 02:16 PM
Re: Philips Optim
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BBottomley
Savant
Registered: 07/03/01
Posts: 119
Loc: Huddersfield Royal Infirmary, ...
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Alan
We've used Optim for just over 12 months now and are getting used to it.
No it's not the cheapest in the world and it does have it's faults, but I've got to say it's worked for us and any problems we've encountered have mostly been of our own making when our old data was transferred - rubbish in = rubbish out etc.
You're fairly close to us if you want to come up and have a look.
Brian
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#7290 - 17/01/07 03:57 PM
Re: Philips Optim
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Geoff Hannis
Hero
Registered: 12/02/04
Posts: 3026
Loc: the path less trodden
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It's easy to spend other people's money, Steve. Some of us have to actually make our money before we can spend it. It tends to produce a certain mind-set. You know, the "can I do that myself?" mentality. Some of you guys should give it a try. You might find it refreshing, and (dare I say it), rewarding.
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#7293 - 24/01/07 08:53 AM
Re: Philips Optim
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Jonathan Wells
Adept
Registered: 11/01/06
Posts: 90
Loc: Out in the sticks
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As an end user of optim, I have rather mixed feelings. We have used optim here for the past 3 years and it is many many miles better than the old DOS based equipment database and the access based parts database that we had before. The fact that optim can keep track of parts as well as equipment is very welcome but there is rather a lot of keyboard and mouse work to enter anything ( no shortcuts available as far as I know )
But the one thing I really HATE about optim is that fact that time taken is entered as hours:CENTI-HOURS not hours:minutes!!! When I discovered that optim was developed by French programmers, I understood that they were trying to upkeep the full spirit of La Revolution! 
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#7294 - 25/01/07 11:27 AM
Re: Philips Optim
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Geoff Hannis
Hero
Registered: 12/02/04
Posts: 3026
Loc: the path less trodden
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Any decent system should be configurable up to a point, at least about basic things like date formats and the like. Centi-hours! Words fail me. Lack of keystroke short-cuts - is this really progress? (answer – No). How much does this wonderful thing cost, then?
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