Why TIM still lives

A DOS application which is still used and maintained in the year 2010? When I tell to friends that I even live from this work, they usually look at me in disbelief. How is this possible? Very easy: because TIM is good.

The key to success of TIM is no secret

a reliable and extensible core system with over 15 years of experience
co-operative collaboration between developer and end-user
the one-man development team saves internal administration overhead

TIM fully satisfies the features required from an office managing software

that the user gets the needed information in the right moment and without too much effort.
that the software is stable and does not demand from users to change their habits without reason
that the background technology of the software runs reliably
that users can ask for individual customizations

Concerning user-friendliness TIM doesn't stand behind graphical Windows software.

TIM cannot feature nice buttons and pictures, but this disturbs only the salesmen, not the users.
With Windows you can make a lot of nice things, but it takes you also a lot of time to learn these possibilities, and far too many of those possibilities turn out to be only gimmicks.
TIM is intended for people who use their computer for work. If an employee works 6 hours per day with a software, then it is not important whether it took 1 hour or 8 hours before he started to love this software.
Because there is no mouse, TIM provides a well-designed and intuitive keyboard interface. After getting used to it you work much more efficiently.

TIM doesn't ask much from your computer

TIM is more performant than a comparable GUI application because he asks less resources from your computer.
TIM can import data from other applications
Other applications can easily access TIM's database because it is in simple dBase format.
Many TIM users need a single 3,5 inch floppy disk to make a backup of their database.
TIM does not need a Windows operating system. You can also use it for example under Linux, using FreeDos.