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"I've been using Mimosa since 2001 to produce the timetable for our all through (Primary - Secondary) special school of 120 students. After the initial learning curve of a few days experimenting with different ways of configuring the programme to suit our needs I was up and running and have never looked back. Once you have all your components in place, you can then create courses using these and then fit them into and move them around the timetable to arrive at the optimum solution. For me, the main strength of the programme is it's ability to prevent double booking. However there are lots of other useful features which help such as the ability to create new courses. The interface is so easy to navigate - all the information is easily accessible and instantly configurable. Mimosa has proved it's worth year on year and I'd just like to register my gratitude to Vesa Saario and his team for such an excellent piece of software."
"I have worked at different international schools in Switzerland, good luck there was always ONE important software that was always kind of FIX – Mimosa the best and only flexible timetabling software available on the market."
"I want to let you know that I received the CD of mimosa software and the invoice last week. We are using the software and i think is is e very good software, it is beeing very helpful to us. If I will have any issue with the software, I will e-mail you."
"I love the program. I also really appreciate the service that I receive from you."
"I have been testing more than 10 software, and Mimosa is definitely the best, and actually the only one that matches our needs!"
"We’re a language school in Barcelona that uses your software since some months. It’s a great tool that makes it much easier to be organised."
"Hello again. Our work with Mimosa is going very well and as you can see from the attached file we have mapped courses out for the next 2.5 years thanks to your earlier advice. Mimosa has proved a very useful tool and we are delighted with it so far...We have enjoyed working with Mimosa and continue to experiment to gain best effect."
"I hope to receive your reply soon, and I thank you very much for your great efforts and your extra-ordinary software."
"Hi, I tried mimosa scheduling software for a month and I feel this software is good. Can you give me reseller/company that I can contact for more info? Thank you."
"Thanks for the wonderful software you have developed. We should have bought it instead much earlier on...I have enjoyed timetabling with Mimosa and I can tell you it is "hassle-free software". Kudos for the good job you and your team has done."
"After downloading Mimosa-Lite for an evaluation, I have found the software a wonderful alternative to pen-and-paper timetabling. Mimosa has made timetabling for my school easier and a lot less frustrating. Thank you for creating this software!"
"Must say that the software was absolutely great, helped me big time! I've had a few calls regarding the software and have referred them back to you.
Anyway just wanted to wish you all the best in 2007 and if I can be of assistance in demonstrating the software around my neck of the woods I would be more than happy to oblige."
"Thank you so much for the software I received today. I had already downloaded it and put it into action, and always it is proving extremely useful!"
"Hello Mimosa! Your timetabling software has been great. The upgrades are welcome too."
"I have tried the trial version and I am very pleased with the possibilities of the program."
"I'm fascinated by Mimosa and its incredible flexibility, which seems to suit our needs well. "
"You surely have a good program, the school is satisfied with your program."
"Your software looks like it could save me a lot of time next year. - Thanks."
"I wish to thank you for your swift reply and congratulate you on the excellent time-table software you have available. I have made use of the
freeware and am most impressed. I have been doing the school's time-table manually for many years and have grown quite attached to using an eraser and a pencil. Fortunately I was deprived of that privilege this year, thanks to you."
"It's such a relief finding your software - like a sort of "At last someone has done this intelligently" - In the last few weeksI have evaluated probably 15 or 20 pieces of software, and none of the others come close to your solution - typically as luck would have it, yours was one of the last I tried!!"
"We are looking at several other scheduling packages but I personally like the user interface of your product."
"[Our school] is still proudly using your programme for the school time-table. We have 1250 pupils, 64 teachers and 59 classrooms. I remain impressed with how much I can do each year."
"I want to be your distributor, because your product is very good and in my work someone ask me for a similar software. I tried a lot of software but your, for me, are the best."
"We have been successfully using your program for some 12mths."
"Thank you very much for your help, the software is excellent for our needs."
"I have tried the software and have experienced thousand easy steps and all possibility options have been fulfilled. Thanks."
"Your program continues to be very helpful to me. I would not be able to do what I do without it... All teachers and students can receive personal copies of their timetables and all staff have access to the html version of student, room, teacher and class timetables on the school intranet. My only worry is that the school admin now think I can timetable to any constraints!"
"Mimosa is flexible and user-friendly. It makes creative timetabling possible at an affordable price."
"I have been using the small school edition, and I have been very pleased so far."
"I am looking at improving the curriculum at our university and have been asked to prepare a timetable showing my proposed schema. I found your software on the net and have just started experimenting with it. I am finding it easy to use and very flexible."
"We're using Mimosa now for almost 4 months and all I hear from the guy who does our planning ...
It's just great to work with :-) I've even scheduled a demo within our University to show other
faculty's how life can be made a bit easier (We've got approx 13.000 students)."
"I truly love the functionality of Mimosa. I am the coordinator of a homeschool co-op of 150 students."
"We purchased Mimosa some time ago and it has proved to be very successful for our timetabling needs."
"I have reviewed Mimosa for Windows and other tools, which used for school timetable. As a result of review, I think that
Mimosa for Windows is the perfect tool between the all tools I have reviewed for construct school timetable."
"I have downloaded Mimosa for Windows and I have started to "play" with it. It looks like it might be exactly what I
am looking for. I find every newer version has something I really wanted in the older version and with each version I
also find it much easier to look at he screen. Thanks, I really love your product."
"I Tried the demo version of Mimosa for Windows. I like it. Please give me a purchase price (quotation) for Mimosa for Windows for our school."
"Good-day,
"We extend our heartfelt gratitude for introducting new ideas as well as enthusiastic support of modernization
and humanization of Lithuania's schools. Your expertise has been an invaluable assert in the renaissance of Lithuanian education.
We express our sincere wishes for every success. May your commitment to our common endeavours in the field of education yield rewarding
results."
"Dear Sirs, it seems that you have the right product for us. We are an international school in ... with about 400 students. As we are one of the first schools
in Austria that introduce a course system, we have a lot of problems concerning the timetable. Your program has this feature (and a lot more)."
"Thank you so much! I am extremely grateful - now I can get the timetable out on time - you've saved my life!"
"Thank you very much!! I wish every software developer/company was so receptive to change and satisfying the needs of it's customers."
"I have found this software very interesting. How do I go about purchasing a copy of the software?"
"I could not find anywhere how to register this software or how much it costs. But it looks good."
"I really appreciate your very prompt response to my dire need last week. I have successfully completed the timetables for our school.
I have a team meeting to discuss final issues on Monday 15/01 before school starts on 16/01. Mimosa Lite worked wonderfully - we look
forward to productive use of it into the future."
"Thank you for timetabling software. It is very useful in our country. Every student can have it's own timetable. It is very impressive.
The program is very functional."
In your application import/export information to our database system if needed, and if so, through what kind of mechanism? A prompt answer
would be greatly appreciated as we are in the process of completely re-engineering our application suite and would like to integrate your
product into it as it seems to suit our needs perfectly."
"I have downloaded the Mimosa evaluation program, and it looks to be what we need. I should like to accept your offer of a special version
for further evaluation, as I believe this will allow us to make a final decision. May I congratulate you on a most useful product."
"Thanks for the quick reply. My college have decided to order MIMOSA 'cos it is a good program. Helped us quite a lot. Thank you again."
"Can you please include pricing information on Mimosa Lite? I have found the Mimosa demo very impressive, but it probably has more power than we really need."
"I have been learning the software timetabler and I am very impressed with it. I have no reservation in recommending this software...
I have received your disk with version 1.4, I am very happy with your software. It has saved me alot of time in doing my timetabling.
It is an excellent software!!!!!!!!
"Thank you for your wonderful timetabling programme."
"I guess I'm only 25% of anywhere near a finished timetable but I'm impressed so far."
"We are quite impressed with the capabilities of Mimosa and we would like to order it."
"We are impressed with your product and the possibilities it provides for our school. Please provide a quote ASAP."
"You may as well cross me off your list - the school has purchased a locally developed package called '...', and much time, training and
effort has been put in to setting it up for next year. I am told that it provides everything they need, though is not as comprehensive as Mimosa."
"I am using Mimosa Lite to programme the timetable for the seminary where I work, and I am astounded!"
"You have been so very busy and it has all been most appreciated. Several months ago when I started on this "quest" for scheduling software
I knew there would be compromises along the way. Well, with Mimosa for Windows 2.250 you gave Pittsburgh Vision Services another and very
well received gift. With each lesson I give, I must frequently remind the user that keeping count of the number of students in each class
is a manual operation. WELL NO MORE!!!! Thank you very much and to our Istanbul colleagues.
"Nice software, if we can use it once."
"I have purchased Mimosa software at the end of last year for my department. Many other departments in the faculty are also interested
in this software. Is it possible to give me information in how to go about expanding it to a faculty license? I am personally working
with this software and it is working very well."
"I have tested Mimosa for Windows and I think it will suit our school. We have another timetables software but I think Mimosa for Windows
is more flexible."
"This is not only the ONLY good scheduling software, it is just everything any school needs to have a well structured and flexible scheduling system available - well done."
"This program is just great. it saved me a great amount of time. It's user interface is so friendly."
"Thank you for the top speed service!"
"I am confident that this software will suit our requirements admirably."
"I just like to say thanks for the program. It saved me hours and hours of crosschecking. I managed to get it
done in a fraction of the time that is usually spent and everyone is happy with their timetable. A huge sigh of relief."
"We are very pleased with the Mimosa time-tabling software. It saved us
a lot of time this year. Students and staff are also very pleased with
the clarity of the output (the web-version and the printed ones)."
"I have been reviewing the package, and am very pleased with the content, as
well as downloading the Booklet, Tutorial etc. although at the moment my
abilities are somewhat limited as yet to grasp some of the readily available
information."
"I am HAPPILY on my way to testing MIMOSA. In 15 minutes I am already pleased. Your support is incredible. I am considering the full version
just to have the support. Once we are running I don't think there will be much need for continual support but your charge for it is quite reasonable.
"Can you please include pricing information on Mimosa Lite? I have found the Mimosa demo very impressive, but it probably has more power than we really need."
"Thank you for your excellent program Mimosa Lite! I have used it to timetable our school of over 150 students. I had a couple of false
starts before I figured it out, but once I got the hang of it, it worked beautifully. This is the first time I have ever been asked to
produce a school timetable and Mimosa Lite made the experience almost pain free! I am extremely impressed with the flexibility of the
programme. (I tried three other products available on various limited trial schemes, but yours was the easiest to use by far.) ...
Thanks for a brilliant piece of software."
"Hours ago, I sat about to enroll at PCC. I sat wondering how to juggle classes etc. Then I found Mimosa. Should it prove satisfactory,
I will gladly mention it and give yourselves some position reviews...Thanks again and good luck."
"I love to work with Mimosa. It gives my timetable a professional touch."
"This is to inform you that FINALLY I have come to understand how you import data from Excel into Mimosa! There was a bit of anxiety in me as I set out for the job which I have performed every year for the past ten years or so, manually until the 2001-2002 academic year when I started to use Mimosa for Windows. I saw before me the huge task of rewriting all the course descriptions until I finally got the hang of doing them in Excel first and then importing them in the two steps laid out in SAMPLE.XLS and it's a breeze! I already had all the components and exported them into Excel. But the really daunting job is to create the courses and I find it much easier to erase all the old ones. But scrolling through the windows and selecting the course components is not something you rush through. What a difference it is to create the courses in Excel and importing them. Of course I have to do some of the courses manually but they are so few.
Thanks for a fantastic piece of software!"
"I liked to be your reseller or sales represtentative in Chile."
"Mimosa has been very valuable in allowing us to produce timetables easily and quickly."
"It is good, but I need your quotation for us to make an order."
"We have tried your Mimosa Timetables for Windows and we were greatly impressed by the results. We would like to know the Price and Agreement
for buying the license in canadian dollars. If possible as soon as possible (let's say RUSH)...I would gladly like to be a consultant for
your product for our region. We would like to buy your full version of latest Mimosa Software for Windows. Thank you very much and
congratulations for your excellent software."
"Very much impressed with the software."
"Thank you for your assistance at the end of last year at the very short notice. The software is working wonderfully and it made
my life 1000% easier. Some other department also seems interested. I do think we will look at a site license a bit later."
"What I have seen so far have impressed me!!!"
"It is a very good program- well thought out and very excellent. You made it as "user friendly" as possible. Actually it is the best.
Kindest Regards and a Wonderful Thanks."
"I have been evaluating your software, and it appears to function very well."
"This is a marvelous program. Even for a school of our size, the complexity of doing this by hand is ludicrous,
and the program, once you get the hang of it, is indispensable. It's a real winner. Thanks very very much."
"I am a new Mimosa for Windows user. I have been evaluating the product for almost 4 weeks.
"I have tried the evaluation version and I am very pleased with possibilities of the program. Our school has decided to buy a Site Licence."
"Once again I am overwhelmed by the speed of your service. It is such fun working with Mimosa and checking out the new versions,
I can't help asking when a next major revision is planned, and what it might include. But if this is confidential of course I understand.
Thanks once again and keep up the good work!"
"I tried the latest version where you did the last changes concerning room capacities.It works very well. We are very grateful to you.
As usual, you are very quick to see to our needs...Thanks again. Have a nice day."
"Without using Mimosa it would not have been possible to create personalised and weekly timetables for our school and to provide so
flexible choices for our students. This was one of the main reasons why our school was selected as the best vocational school in our
country this year."
"I have downloaded your timetable software V2.235, and Iam trying it but I need the full featured version for more time.
Your software seems to be attractive. Can you send me a time limit password for more time."
"Going round your site, and round again...have not found the prices....though the product looks interesting. I have another software for
timetables but this seems superior. Your system seems easier to manage on first glance than say Timetabler or Celcat."
"The main advantage of using Mimosa is its ability to make the schedules for you, i. e. you tell the computer who teaches which subject to which group (in which room) and the program distributes the classes over the week according to certain criteria which you can influence to some degree. "Of course you can start by alloting some classes manually, and you can intervene and undo some of the work done by the computer. The process of building a schedule this way takes minutes or perhaps hours where you had to spend days or weeks doing it the old way.
The program works especially well in ... (8th through 10th grade), where a number of teachers come into contact with each group, each
teacher being responsible for one subject."
"We host a merit badge seminar every year and must schedule students, buildings, classrooms, times, and merit badges. Your software seems to be just what
we are looking for. Please send come more information on it and the cost of registration."
"I have downloaded an unregistered Mimosa from your website and like it very much. Have downloaded evaluation version of Mimosa and am really
pleased with the way it works. We only need Mimosa Lite as we have the same timetable each term and our staff numbers are not too high.
Seems like just the product I want as previously timetabling was done on pinboard !"
"We have been hired by the ... Institute, to purchase a software program that can manage their academic scheduling. After extensive research we have narrowed
the field from over 100 candidates to 4. Your company has been selected as one of the 4... "
"We have been successfully using your timetabling program here at our University."
"Happy new year to you! I have been exploring the capabilities of Mimosa. I must admit that it is incredible. I really like it.
At the moment I am experimenting with it and I am having fun with it."
"Thank for your help, and thanks again for a really exceptional product."
"We have searched for a time table and organizational program that also has record-keeping capacity. This looks interesting."
"I have already downloaded the evaluation version of Mimosa and have been slowly progressing with it. It is very impressive.
My Head of Department has agreed that we can purchase Mimosa."
"Thank you for speed. You seldom face service that exceeds your expectations, which is very considerate for marketing-oriented people."
"I am just in the middle of the evaluation process what software solution could be the most appropriate for us. The first superficial
impressions with Mimosa V2.226 are quite positive ... and to be honest also taking into account your fair price policy I think that
Mimosa is the current favourite. Beside Mimosa the products ... look quite good; have a very good optimisation, they are however not so
flexible when defining timetable for the US model, i.e. where every student can select a different group of courses! ... I am just
confirming the receipt of the email with licensed Mimosa. Installation was OK! Since it is so easy to install Mimosa and to create a
CD-ROM it is actually not neccessary to get the CD-ROM."
"I take great pleasure in doing my work with Mimosa, and really do appreciate the loving care and attention that you give the program, and its frequent updates."
"As mentioned to you telephonically, my wife is Deputy Principal at one of our local high schools and she used Mimosa Lite during it's
evaluation phase to draw up her school's timetable for 2001. It worked perfectly for their school of 1100 pupils (39 classes) using a 5 day
cycle. It took her 4 days, starting from scratch, to get a perfectly working timetable. She tried a number of other timetable programs that
were available, but none could accommodate their complex timetable eg. teachers teaching more than one subject, subject combinations etc."
"This is to notify you that I have had the Mimosa software under consideration for some time and on two occasions downloaded trial versions.
I am quite confident that this software is just what we need to help us create timetables both efficiently and rapidly."
"By far, Mimosa is superior to any scheduling product I have researched and believe me, I have researched many."
"I've just downloaded your demo version of Mimosa and it looks as if it were made for our school."
"There seemed to be a great void in scheduling software before I discovered Mimosa. I spent hours linking spreadheets with
database tables... now, all is done for me, and with a little thought I cannot imagine a scheduling problem that could
not be effectively applied in Mimosa. Good job Vesa :-)"
"Mimosa has been excellent for our environment. The application is incredible superb!"
In your application import/export information to our database system if needed, and if so, through what kind of mechanism? A prompt answer
would be greatly appreciated as we are in the process of completely re-engineering our application suite and would like to integrate your
product into it as it seems to suit our needs perfectly."
"It looks very impressive...visually and functionally! Truly Mimosa is not only a great creation but also a piece of art."
"I found about four interesting products and yours I would say, seem the most interesting one."
"Now I know how little I know about timetabling."
"Thank you very much for the prompt reply to my enquiry. I have downloaded the demo software from your website and is
currently in the process of evaluating it. It certainly appears a very comprehensive and user friendly program and I will
definitely contact you again in due course. Thanks again for the efficient service!"
"Mimosa for Windows helped us a lot to create the Congress Schedule and sessions, thank you for it."
"Mail us your reseller agreement. I want to be your distributor, because your software is well designed and suitable for our educational
systems. Time-tabling is a major headache for teachers and school administrators here at present, all schools do time-tabling manually.
However, all secondary schools are equipped with computers and your software will definitely be an asset."
"Thank you for your update. I am impressed with the way your software has developed since I started using it."
"All is good. Congratulaciones for you."
"We appriciate your school timetable program very much. Is there a possibility to have a special offer licence for your excellent program?"
"We have been exploring Mimosa as a possible way of organising the schedules for a group of five churches in northern Sweden, and our first
reactions are very positive."
"I have been timetabling for over 25 years using a mix of dBase programming and, more recently, complex Excel
spreadsheet structures. However, I fell in love with Mimosa about an hour after I first downloaded it! - I've been
using Mimosa operationally now for a year, so I feel I now know my way round the program well enough to offer some
suggestions. I continue to be an enthusiastic user as I've discovered more and more ways to achieve what I want,
and I really admire the work and enthusiasm you put into the program to produce such a steady stream of improvements."
"We have had the opportunity to review the documents this morning and have to say this is a very powerful and well designed software application and feel we can add this
to our product portfolio. At the school or individual department in a larger Institute the system should fit very well."
"I believe in cost terms, as well as its effective use of the PC resources MIMOSA is good value. I also add (maybe you have not tried it...) the update seems
to work in LINUX(SuSE 8.2) via WINE."
"Now that I am no longer responsible for the maintenance of the computers and programmes at the University of ... , can I thank you for all the help you have
given in the past sorting out problems? Best wishes for the future."
"After some evaluation periods, we find your software 'Mimosa for Windows' has several very great features in helping designing of course' time tables and
has good market potential. We are very enthusiastic to become a distributor of the software and promote it to colleges, schools as well as various educational
units in Asia. We would like to know your policy to become a distributor as well as the pricing information of the software."
"My school is part of the New York City public school system. There are many schools that can benefit from your software.
I have tried many other scheduling programs before, and yours is the best I have seen. I will be modifying my school's
schedule over the next several weeks and I am looking forward to fully utilizing your software. Thank you again for your assistance."
"Could you send us a draft for an Value-Added-Reseller's agreement for our consideration. We would like to help you market your product worldwide."
"We have had the opportunity to review the documents this morning and have to say this is a very powerful and well designed software application
and feel we can add this to our product portfolio. At the school or individual department in a larger Institute the system should fit very well."
"I have downloaded the evaluation of Mimosa and am impressed by it. However, I cannot find how to register it. Please tell me what to do.
Thanks!"
"I was planning to bid for the software for the next financial year, but our Head of School is very pleased with Mimosa and informed me
now to go ahead and order the software."
"Please reply with a price and agreement. This software downloads like freeware. I have spend a considerable amount of time testing it
and like it."
"Thank you again for the good application. What the imagination permits, that does Mimosa too, which means that the software does never restrict the intendended scheduling implementation."
"I am amazed at the speed with which you reprogram MFW! - and I thank you very much for coming back so quickly. We have now had time to
try out the numbering and it works just as we wanted it to."
"I am beginning to use Mimosa-Lite, and I am becoming more and more enthusiastic as I discover all the things that the
program can do...The program has been a godsend, and I'm keen to use it to its full capacity."
"I discovered your Mimosa Time-Table Programme on the internet and have been "playing" around with it a bit. Very impressive!"
"Thanks for the great software and the continuing support."
"I am a student and admire the capacity of your software Mimosa. As far as I am concerned, I am very interested in programming and I would like
some informations about Mimosa like the programming software you are using to program Mimosa (Visual Basic, Delphi...). I need these pricey
informations because I am making a school project about the Software Applications like Mimosa."
"I'm very interested in your Timetable "Mimosa". I have to produce timetables for the university. Can you inform me about prices please?"
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