OUR PHILOSOPHY

OfficeChamp is more than a software solution; it's a philosophy of design and of doing business for the benefit of our users.

The essence of that philosophy is to create hand-crafted software for offices with high standards and to develop the software to improve offices, not to excite computer jockeys. We depend on strong lines of communication, primarily through e-mail, directly from our users to our designers so that feedback is immediate and direct.

We start by letting you discover OfficeChamp for free. Download it and try it -- no time limit -- before you decide whether you'll buy. As a contact manager, it's free forever. To add more transactions and organizations, you can register at various levels. But you won't pay for anything you haven't already sampled. A money-back guarantee isn't necessary because you don't even pay until you know you'll be satisfied.

OfficeChamp users are a special segment of the workday community -- workgroups that want to share information easily and realize the power of information to help them achieve their goals. OfficeChamp empowers.
And we're doing it with a different vision.

We are building a network of partners to provide seamless service instead of building a big company with a hierarchy and bureaucracy to make your life difficult. OfficeChamp's designer will continue to design software rather than run a corporation.

We are relying on the Internet for distribution and as the bulwark of tech support. We haven't splurged on fancy packaging, saving you money and helping the environment.

We rely on users to help each other through an e-mail list server instead of expensive tech support boiler rooms with newly hired, underpaid, under-trained people spreading misinformation. A call to OfficeChamp tech support won't be free, but you'll speak directly to the creator of OfficeChamp on every phone call. Answers will be accurate and authoritative.

OfficeChamp is sensible software like good shoes and fresh vegetables. We don't load it with "gee-wiz" features to impress technophiles; we concentrate on practical, useful functions that will help offices be more productive and more professional.

Letters and memos printed from OfficeChamp are formatted according to Webster's Legal Secretaries Handbook. People can be transferred from one organization to another without losing personal information like home address and spouse's name. The Bulletin Board gives you a way to post announcements for your office.

We think these ideas are more important than Java scripts, downloadable applets and animated GIFs, which for many are part of a useless foreign language.

Combined with the inherent strength of FileMaker Pro -- the widely acclaimed database application that provides the platform for OfficeChamp -- we have created an easy-and-comfortable database environment that helps you avoid mistakes and that leads you step by step through important procedures.

We believe it's easier to train OfficeChamp than to train users, so we try to make OfficeChamp intuitive to use. For example, you never Save manually ... it happens automatically and frequently.* Database networking is built-in; if you already have an office network, you'll quickly be sharing OfficeChamp among your colleagues. Deleting records is a carefully designed multistep process to protect your data from accidents.

* Factors beyond our control such as disk caching and network performance can affect when data is actually stored to disk and whether it will be available after a crash.

OfficeChamp is designed by a grey-bearded communications expert and business executive. It's structured for offices, not for accountants. It's about people more than about dollars. It's to help your office communicate more professionally and more efficiently.
And we're selling it on a different basis, too. We've already explained how you can try OfficeChamp before you buy it. But when it's time to buy, you'll appreciate something else that's different. OfficeChamp is sold on a per-office basis, not per computer. If you install OfficeChamp, we want it to be universal in your office because we are committed to sharing information. One price covers your whole office.

We believe OfficeChamp is about to plot a new course in office database development, and we welcome you.

Write to us at champ@hermitage.com.

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