On Sunday, September 24, 2000, 12:21:16 AM, Tim wrote:
>>> My bigger worry, though, is some software giant would gobble up
>>> RIT and turn TB into junkware or kill it (or its development, as
>>> in Forte Agent's case).
KS>> Exactly.
> OT, do you know what exactly happened to Agent? I've been using it
> for years and have finally been forced to give up because of the
> lack of subfolders.
Exactly? No, I don't follow them that closely. What I remember is
their development slow down significantly after v1.5, then got
gobbled up by a company called Genesys Telecom. Lab. in early 1998,
which happened to be interested only in Forte's Adante product line.
Though Forte never officially announced Agent dead (and an Agent
support staff active in newsgroups kept telling us that they haven't
decided anything yet), many users (me included) had the feeling back
then that Agent would be abandoned.
As Y2k approached, people got worried about Agent's Y2k
compatibility, and urged Forte to at least update Agent to be
Y2k-compliant. They did, and surprised us with some extra (albeit
small) enhancements in Agent 1.7 and later 1.8.
Then it stopped again. :( Various sources have said they have no
plan for its further development.
Before I find a better alternative (XNews and Gravity come close,
but not suiting me as well as Agent, for now), I'll keep using
Agent, but I'm not longing for miracles anymore.
--
Best regards,
Ming-Li
The Bat! 1.47 Beta/5 | Win2k SP1
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