15p - somebody must be barking mad!

dead cat bounce and it must be close to all nine lives now :-))

sorry it was guru who said Cartesia alone was worth 15p, still its yufff with a different face anyway, both barking-yuff-yuff!

Oh and it was a young female sprog reporter who did the interview with the CEO-and she -allegedly- commented that she felt sorry for the poor shareholders, took her an hour to sum up the situation then?, er not 20 years.

I predict that Tad will be 50p by this time next year - heard a rumour that they intend to have a 50:1 share consolidation.

HEY

guru/ML/yuffer

that JAMBONNE GUY IS EXPLOSIVE????

Actually, I think Cartesia have a good product to offer. Pity they're being dragged down by the rest of it. The whole Endeavours thing has been a disaster.

MM

ETI increased their turnover in H1 by over 1000% thanks to the OEM deal and that only allowed 2 months worth of income in the figures.

hey yuffer/guru
are you a jealous wee boy because Uncle Nick replied to JAMBONNE,

ahhhh, still I suppose your dozen aliases will soon swamp the bb

ps is TAD suspended today?

hahahahah- they are even praising the bloke now for giving an excuse in writing for director selling, if there was EVER a more gullible bunch than this lot, send them too me and i`ll sell them a some moon-rakes to catch that big cheese, in the village pond- they are cheap, gotto be a bargain then!

ROTFLMFACBH&TO@guru/yuffer.

oh and someone tell them about The Curates Egg

ps yuffer- that JAMBONNE has certainly made a total prat of you-lololol

I hear that Steig offered the IR a deal on the same basis as TAD trades, viz.a 75% discount to cost, but they refused, he then offered them TAD shares instead of cash, they estimated the true value of the shares and demanded 200m , he refused.

This disaster man has through his selling, cost TAD holders some 5,000,000 in
fall of the SP,to raise 175k for himself-how anyone can countenance should bullshit is beyond belief

I understand that Steig of the Dump has given an explanation for his share dumping. Can anyone tell me where I can find this document?

TIA

MM

It's in the last 2 RNS'

MM
he explains it in every RNS ( or rather tad does on his behalf ). bloody big tax bill.

ROFLOL!

"The Title?
TAKING A DUMP WITH STEIG- ( UK title-A Cambridge too far) "

How about the theme song to the movie

A cam"bridge" over troubled waters!!!!

Still they should be able to get a mortgage on the cambridge portacabin, that should save them having to draw another 20K-30K against gem!!

Carlsbad, CA, July 18, 2005: The Geospatial Solutions Division of Tadpole Technology Group and OneGIS, Inc., have announced a formal business relationship to provide public utilities complete enterprise GIS data management solutions, based on the industry leading ArcGIS software from ESRI.

Under the terms of this agreement, OneGIS will resell, implement, and support Tadpole Technology's GO! Sync product line. By leveraging Tadpole's nearly 15 years of experience in the mobile GIS software market, OneGIS will be able to offer a complete enterprise solution for managing data in the field in addition to its current ArcGIS desktop application implementation and integration service offerings.

"The goal of OneGIS is to provide GIS solutions based on best of breed products," states Chris Cirillo, OneGIS President. "The award winning GO! Sync product line is an ideal offering for OneGIS because it fits with our 'one platform, one solution' approach. We look forward to offering Tadpole's mobile and enterprise GIS products to our customers."

"Tadpole Technology continues to expand its business partner program with a focus on premier technology partners and service providers," states Don Fryhover, Director of Business Development. "OneGIS has a focused commitment to bringing customer's world class products and services, and that makes them an ideal partner for us."

About OneGIS
OneGIS, Inc. is a full service consulting and outsourcing firm specializing in the development of turnkey GIS solutions for the electric, gas, water, wastewater, storm water, telecom and municipal government markets. Its goal is to provide off-the-shelf solutions that provide significant business benefits to organizations implementing Geographic Information Systems. OneGIS focuses its development, customization, and implementation efforts solely on ESRI-based applications, thus offering solutions on the best GIS platform available in the market place.

About Tadpole
The Geospatial Solutions Division of Tadpole Technology Group provides enterprise infrastructure software solutions to support the management, replication and distribution of geographic data within and between organizations. Tadpole Technology is an ESRI Authorized Business Partner.

For Further Information, contact:

Bud Porter
Marketing Communications for OneGIS, Inc.
Utility GeoSolutions
(770) 420-9404
bud@utilitygeo.com
or
info@onegis.net

Carrie Turner
Marketing Manager for Tadpole Technology Group
(760) 929 8345 x111
carrie.turner@us.tadpole.com

oh yes they are queueing up to buy the product, 75% discount to cost is worth a look, the shareholders will make up the difference-erm its supposed tobe the other way round lads the co. pay you for your shareholding,

ROTFLMFACB&HO!!!!!!!!!

Seq - what does the last bit mean "CB&HO". Seems far more interesting than the sp.

lol, lets see diplomatic language needed

C-appendage-male
B spherical objects-male
H-cranium (non-contravertial)
O-merely off

Blimey the ` eyes`has turned into a philosophical debating soc. now, thats how boring it is- they will get an alarm call soon when GEM bites.

I'm intrigued at the ongoing reference to the 75% discount to cost of the sales that are being made. If a significant proportion of the sale is purely for existing software, there is little additional cost involved in making the sale itself. If all of the costs of sale and implementation are less than the actual revenue generated then this is a profitable sale. You can either say that all initial sales are write-offs to recoup initial investment or you can say that there's a margin of loss that decreases with each further sale, but you can't have it both ways. That's unless, of course, you are claiming that the cost of making and installing the sale is actually greater than the revenue gained and I'd love to see the figures on which such a statement would be made.

If it's correct that people are queueing up to buy the product then that's great - this is actually the model that many software vendors aspire to. Not only are you recouping your initial R&D costs, you're also gaining market presence and establishing a pipeline for upgrades and support. What I don't know is if the contracts make provision for additional billing of time and materials or if it's a fixed price implmentation (as opposed to pure software sale).

Don't get me wrong, I'm not advocating that anyone should buy the shares in the company, as there are a whole host of things that would put me off - I'd just rather be put off for the right reasons rather than some unqualified opinions stated as fact. Whatever the tax position of any member of the board, there's no way that they would sell now if they thought that there was any indication that the share price would rise in the short term. Basically that means that we can't expect any overly positive news from Tadpole in the next few months. I'm mildly concerned that the recently appointed financial director in the US is touted as being very good at raising money from the markets - it implies that they are not going to be cash generative any time soon (at least within the lifetime of GEM). The longer that they go without a real breakthrough in the client base, the harder it's going to get to become successful - the technology markets move very quickly for these types of product and it's very easy to be left out in the cold. The type of investor that Tadpole invests is also a downside, they are likely to be the more emotional, get-rich-quick types who cause instability in a relatively illiquid market. The market makers are having a field day with this and (quite understandably) taking anyone to the cleaners who wants to trade right now. It's quite a disincentive to buying a share when you know that you've got an instant 20%+ paper loss.

On the positive side though, Tadpole have a number of established products in growing markets, with sufficient diversity to carry any short-term issues in a given area. They are making sales, which is better than some within their peer group, and they've shown the ability to endure some pretty volatile market conditions. The balance sheet appears reasonable, although GEM would not be my method of choice of raising operating capital. I'm pretty confident that Tadpole will still be around in a few years time, I'm just not so sure what state they'll be in.

Personally though, I will take a position at these prices, accept that it's a gamble and monitor the situation. If you can't afford to lose the money then I'd suggest that a cash ISA would be a far more appropriate investment.

sounds like accountant speak to me, the last full year figures reveal a turnover of
4.831m and a loss of 3.057m,(total cost 7.881m.) now simple folk rather like to see a profit ,especially
after 20 yrs. loss, being one of them, that looks to me likethe following-(simplified for me.)
I make some `gribbly-grobs` for 7 88.1p, I then find a nice buyer who takes them off my hands for 4 8.31p, which now means I have lost 3 0.057p, which as a % means I am giving the buyer a discount to my costs of , oh lets not quibble 63% then not 75% , however the later figures for the half year showed an improvement,it has to be said
but the share &co. value will no doubt be diluted yet again, as the CEO has stated, more cash is needed

plus ca change

a disaster zone.