sold a few yesterday for 9.66p. ( another gordon brown enforced stop loss )

Rod

If you earn it you you've got to pay tax on it mate!!


M

Holding in hope but the graph says it all. Will it ever sprout legs let alone turn into a frog!!

"If you can wait and not be tired by waiting" Goodness knows Ive been waitin a long long time, and Im holdin on.

We seem to have overlooked the size of potential future contracts once this stream venture has been succesfully integrated, also the credibility Tad has received lately from some of the biggest Companies, who will, in my view be earning lots of Dollars for Tad.

So "If you can hold on, when there is nothing left in you, except the will that says hold on". I'm sure you will be rewarded.

July 20, 2004


A logical middle road for delivering demos


In our April 13, 2004, Tip of the Week, we told you about technology from a company called Surgient that provides for hosted demos of complex software apps.


Here's another approach to the same problem, with some innovative twists that will appeal to software marketers.


Endeavors Technology, a developer based in Irvine, Calif., will also put your software on their server for demo purposes, but, unlike Surgient, it doesn't run there.


"We actually stream down the product as it's needed," says Joe Anzenberger, Endeavor's marketing VP. "The title is on a server, and when a person registers, they download just enough of the software as needed.


"So, you're using the desktop PC rather than the server. We've found that performance is really limited by bandwidth rather than processing. If an application is slow, it will be slow even if they're running off a disk."


Your software is streamed to a virtual drive on the user's PC, and stored in an encrypted cache area with links to several points on the client machine. "Even if you made a copy of the cache and tried to move it to another machine, it wouldn't work," Anzenberger says.


"AutoDesk is one of our customers, and in the nearly two years they've been working with us they've not reported a single case of piracy."


Each software vendor determines whether or not they want to enable offline use via the Endeavors technology, as well as the amount of timefrom hours to yearsthat the user will be able to run it.


This offline capability offers an obvious advantage to users who want to try out your software without being connected to the Internet. And, unlike software demos on physical media, Endeavors can provide feedback.


"We install our own thin client on the user's PC," Anzenberger says. "When the person comes back online, as soon as they're Web connected again, it relays information back to the vendor.


"It tells them how many times they've run the software and what they've done with it. This is really what separates us from the competition: We give you a way of knowing what's happening, which in turn gives you better lead follow-up."


Because your software is not running on remote servers, Endeavors also claims the ability to handle far more concurrent usersup to 5,000 concurrently, says Anzenberger. "We've actually run tests and found that it will scale to 10,000 users," he says, "but for the sake of efficiency, we like to limit it to 5,000 users per server."


Support issues have been minimal, Anzenberger says: When 8,000 users downloaded an AutoDesk demo over a six-month period, only 1.3 percent called for technical support.


Most commonly, the problem resides, as we say in software circles, between the user's chair and monitor. "Sometimes it's a network issueif they're running a double firewall it can be difficultbut most of the time it was just a user error," says Anzenberger.


The cost of the Endeavors service is negotiated, but Anzenberger says the range is $1 to $4 per download. "It depends on the size of the application and the number of users. Complexity will drive it up, and number of users will drive it down."


If your software is small and uncomplicated and you have a small number of users, an online demo capability like Endeavor's may not be cost effective for you. But if either your software or user base are large, it could pay off.


"Lots of developers send out CDs, and we know they spend $5 to $10 per user if the demo's on physical media," Anzenberger says. "Or, they have a full download on their site at minimal cost, but they have no idea of who's using it, and no way of following up. We try to set our price somewhere in the middle."


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Hi. First post here although I've been registered for ages.

Tad has pretty well met the downside target set by the triangle it dropped from, but the price has pretty much moved sideways since the initial fall. The 50 day EMA (depending on which website/period etc you look at) is just above the major resistance at 11.5-11.75p. This is likely to provide strong resistance to any upmove unless caused by very good news generating a buying panic and high accompanying volumes. I'm can't make up my mind whether the fact that the price has traded sideways is good pricewise or not.

Indieman
This price range has been the most constent in tad since I bought. This must be a good sign for a rise soon unless the news is bad would you not say.

Will the details be announced in Aug or Sept?
We have two days left for August, I think it will be worth the wait even if it is September.
Well done on your buy this afternoon PJ.

M

PJ,

I'm not convinced in technical terms that sideways movement is an indication that the present downtrend is over.

We have seen something similar recently prior to the fall to the current level. Sideways consolidations are often (indeed usually) just that, consolidations before a continuation in the prior direction, in this case downwards.

In terms of the company rather than the share price, the nervousness is probably reducing. The future (of Tad + Stream) is promising, but the damage done to the company by the poor handling of shareholder relations will still rankle with investors for some time to come.

Thus the dichotomy between the TA and the company's prospects. Years of experience has taught me that where TA and 'fundamentals' disagree, the TA is usually right. Remember also that my comments on TA are from a medium to long term view and are not intended for traders.

Cheers for that indie
And thanks moneylender,I have always liked this bb it is about the only one that people do not go a bit loopy on.lol
ALL the best to you both
pjjw

This share is questioning my "Saintly" status.

I thought you were a Prince.

Moneylender

What's happening - I'm almost 50% down?

gildph

you need to double to break even ( ignoring expenses ). thats the market for you. if making money was that easy everyone would be doing it. im one of the lucky ones on tad. way in profit because i bought loads sub 5p. my latest buy trade is also down 50%. i hate to trot out the old cliche, but dont "invest" more than you can afford to lose. good luck.
a short while back it was 50/50 whether tad went bust or not. the odds are now heavily in favour of continued solvency imo, but it could be a long time before you MAY see a return.

Ok superrod thanks for an honest reply

i am always honest, a child of the 60s, always say please and thank you and give up my seat to those more infirm than myself.

BEWARE there are 10 ( at least ) to every one like me, who will shaft you. after all the great God MONEY is at stake. you will soon learn who to trust/believe on a bb. i hope your education doesnt cost you as much as its cost me over the last 10 years.

ps
thats why i still have to work. at least i can sleep easy concience wise

I would add, and I'm specifically excluding Superrod from this, that people who tell you to trust them are often the worst kind of fraudster.

Look for information you can check so that your decision is based on your own appreciation of the situation. Few who nudge you to buy on their rumour will subsequently nudge you to sell.

Comparing this BB to others, it certainly seems more civilised, and all the better for that.

ML
Any idea how long we have to keep getting up early for?
It can't be far away now!

If last year is anything to go by, trading updates was on the 29/10/03.goal.