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Ralph Fox

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Releases Timeline - Forté Agent and Free Agent

The shaded area represents the period when Forté was part of Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories, Inc.

06-Jul-1995 - Forte Free Agent 1.0
06-Jul-1995 - Forte Agent 0.99 build 82
21-Nov-1995 - Forte Agent 0.99c
06-Feb-1996 - Forte Agent 0.99d
01-May-1996 - Forte Agent 0.99e
01-Oct-1996 - Forte Agent 0.99f
21-Oct-1996 - Forte Free Agent 1.1
05-Dec-1996 - Forte Agent 0.99g
20-Mar-1997 - Forte Agent 1.0
25-Apr-1997 - Forte Free Agent 1.11
13-May-1997 - Forte Agent 1.01
24-Jul-1997 - Forte Agent 1.5
.
30-Aug-1999 - Forte Agent 1.6
17-Nov-1999 - Forte Agent 1.7
17-Nov-1999 - Forte Free Agent 1.2
23-Nov-1999 - Forte Free Agent 1.21
21-Mar-2000 - Forte Agent 1.8 build 548
02-Aug-2001 - Forte Agent 1.8 build 553
24-Jan-2002 - Forte Agent 1.9
21-Mar-2002 - Forte Agent 1.91
02-Aug-2002 - Forte Agent and Free Agent 1.92 build 570
04-Aug-2002 - Forte Agent and Free Agent 1.92 build 572
24-Dec-2002 - Forte Agent and Free Agent 1.93
06-Feb-2004 - Forte Agent and Free Agent 2.0 build 640
27-Feb-2004 - Forte Agent and Free Agent 2.0 build 646
02-Apr-2004 - Forte Agent and Free Agent 2.0 build 652
03-Aug-2005 - Forte Agent and Free Agent 3.0
15-Sep-2005 - Forte Agent and Free Agent 3.1
31-Jan-2006 - Forte Agent and Free Agent 3.2
09-Mar-2006 - Forte Agent and Free Agent 3.3
18-Aug-2006 - Forte Agent 4.0 build 1069
20-Aug-2006 - Forte Agent 4.0 build 1071
14-Oct-2006 - Forte Agent 4.1
30-Jan-2007 - Forte Agent 4.2 build 1117
09-Feb-2007 - Forte Agent 4.2 build 1118
17-Dec-2008 - Forte Agent 5.0 build 1170
21-Dec-2008 - Forte Agent 5.0 build 1171
19-Nov-2009 - Forte Agent 6.0
25-May-2012 - Forte Agent 7.0
21-Jun-2013 - Forte Agent 7.1 build 1212
08-Jul-2013 - Forte Agent 7.1 build 1214
29-Aug-2013 - Forte Agent 7.2
20-Oct-2014 - Forte Agent 8.0
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1995199619971998199920002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019

This timeline contains only public releases, not closed or private beta versions.
Dates are taken from official announcements.

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Ralph Fox

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Releases Timeline - Forté Agent and Free Agent
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Unfortunately a fixed-pitch font makes the graphic rather wide.
The columns line up without a fixed-pitch font in the HTML version here:
<URL:https://groups.google.com/g/alt.usenet.offline-reader.forte-agent/c/gRkZvyXaDA0/m/v3TQdyIpAwAJ>
<URL:news:goqjqids5qp2c8pgu...@4ax.com>

The shaded area represents the period when Forté was part of Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories, Inc.

      ~06-Jul-1995 - Forte Free Agent 1.0
      +06-Jul-1995 - Forte Agent 0.99 build 82
      |   +21-Nov-1995 - Forte Agent 0.99c
      |   |  +06-Feb-1996 - Forte Agent 0.99d
      |   |  |  +01-May-1996 - Forte Agent 0.99e
      |   |  |  |    +01-Oct-1996 - Forte Agent 0.99f
      |   |  |  |    ~21-Oct-1996 - Forte Free Agent 1.1
      |   |  |  |    | +05-Dec-1996 - Forte Agent 0.99g
      |   |  |  |    | |  +20-Mar-1997 - Forte Agent 1.0
      |   |  |  |    | |  |~25-Apr-1997 - Forte Free Agent 1.11
      |   |  |  |    | |  ||+13-May-1997 - Forte Agent 1.01
      |   |  |  |    | |  ||| +24-Jul-1997 - Forte Agent 1.5
      |   |  |  |    | |  ||| |     .....................................
      |   |  |  |    | |  ||| |     ...................+30-Aug-1999 - Forte Agent 1.6
      |   |  |  |    | |  ||| |     ...................|..+17-Nov-1999 - Forte Agent 1.7
      |   |  |  |    | |  ||| |     ...................|..~17-Nov-1999 - Forte Free Agent 1.2
      |   |  |  |    | |  ||| |     ...................|..~23-Nov-1999 - Forte Free Agent 1.21
      |   |  |  |    | |  ||| |     ...................|..|...+21-Mar-2000 - Forte Agent 1.8 build 548
      |   |  |  |    | |  ||| |     ...................|..|...|..........      +02-Aug-2001 - Forte Agent 1.8 build 553
      |   |  |  |    | |  ||| |     ...................|..|...|..........      |    +24-Jan-2002 - Forte Agent 1.9
      |   |  |  |    | |  ||| |     ...................|..|...|..........      |    | +21-Mar-2002 - Forte Agent 1.91
      |   |  |  |    | |  ||| |     ...................|..|...|..........      |    | |    *02-Aug-2002 - Forte Agent and Free Agent 1.92 build 570
      |   |  |  |    | |  ||| |     ...................|..|...|..........      |    | |    *04-Aug-2002 - Forte Agent and Free Agent 1.92 build 572
      |   |  |  |    | |  ||| |     ...................|..|...|..........      |    | |    |   *24-Dec-2002 - Forte Agent and Free Agent 1.93
      |   |  |  |    | |  ||| |     ...................|..|...|..........      |    | |    |   |             *06-Feb-2004 - Forte Agent and Free Agent 2.0 build 640
      |   |  |  |    | |  ||| |     ...................|..|...|..........      |    | |    |   |             *27-Feb-2004 - Forte Agent and Free Agent 2.0 build 646
      |   |  |  |    | |  ||| |     ...................|..|...|..........      |    | |    |   |             | *02-Apr-2004 - Forte Agent and Free Agent 2.0 build 652
      |   |  |  |    | |  ||| |     ...................|..|...|..........      |    | |    |   |             | |               *03-Aug-2005 - Forte Agent and Free Agent 3.0
      |   |  |  |    | |  ||| |     ...................|..|...|..........      |    | |    |   |             | |               |*15-Sep-2005 - Forte Agent and Free Agent 3.1
      |   |  |  |    | |  ||| |     ...................|..|...|..........      |    | |    |   |             | |               ||   *31-Jan-2006 - Forte Agent and Free Agent 3.2
      |   |  |  |    | |  ||| |     ...................|..|...|..........      |    | |    |   |             | |               ||   | *09-Mar-2006 - Forte Agent and Free Agent 3.3
      |   |  |  |    | |  ||| |     ...................|..|...|..........      |    | |    |   |             | |               ||   | |    +18-Aug-2006 - Forte Agent 4.0 build 1069
      |   |  |  |    | |  ||| |     ...................|..|...|..........      |    | |    |   |             | |               ||   | |    +20-Aug-2006 - Forte Agent 4.0 build 1071
      |   |  |  |    | |  ||| |     ...................|..|...|..........      |    | |    |   |             | |               ||   | |    | +14-Oct-2006 - Forte Agent 4.1
      |   |  |  |    | |  ||| |     ...................|..|...|..........      |    | |    |   |             | |               ||   | |    | |  +30-Jan-2007 - Forte Agent 4.2 build 1117
      |   |  |  |    | |  ||| |     ...................|..|...|..........      |    | |    |   |             | |               ||   | |    | |  |+09-Feb-2007 - Forte Agent 4.2 build 1118
      |   |  |  |    | |  ||| |     ...................|..|...|..........      |    | |    |   |             | |               ||   | |    | |  ||                     +17-Dec-2008 - Forte Agent 5.0 build 1170
      |   |  |  |    | |  ||| |     ...................|..|...|..........      |    | |    |   |             | |               ||   | |    | |  ||                     +21-Dec-2008 - Forte Agent 5.0 build 1171
      |   |  |  |    | |  ||| |     ...................|..|...|..........      |    | |    |   |             | |               ||   | |    | |  ||                     |          +19-Nov-2009 - Forte Agent 6.0
      |   |  |  |    | |  ||| |     ...................|..|...|..........      |    | |    |   |             | |               ||   | |    | |  ||                     |          |                             +25-May-2012 - Forte Agent 7.0
      |   |  |  |    | |  ||| |     ...................|..|...|..........      |    | |    |   |             | |               ||   | |    | |  ||                     |          |                             |            +21-Jun-2013 - Forte Agent 7.1 build 1212
      |   |  |  |    | |  ||| |     ...................|..|...|..........      |    | |    |   |             | |               ||   | |    | |  ||                     |          |                             |            |+08-Jul-2013 - Forte Agent 7.1 build 1214
      |   |  |  |    | |  ||| |     ...................|..|...|..........      |    | |    |   |             | |               ||   | |    | |  ||                     |          |                             |            ||+29-Aug-2013 - Forte Agent 7.2
      |   |  |  |    | |  ||| |     ...................|..|...|..........      |    | |    |   |             | |               ||   | |    | |  ||                     |          |                             |            |||             +20-Oct-2014 - Forte Agent 8.0
      |   |  |  |    | |  ||| |     ...................|..|...|..........      |    | |    |   |             | |               ||   | |    | |  ||                     |          |                             |            |||             |
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Dates are taken from official announcements.


Agent End-of-Life
=================

Don Wright

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Jan 22, 2024, 7:34:49 PMJan 22
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Ralph Fox wrote:
>Releases Timeline - Forté Agent and Free Agent

Thank you for that document, and your ongoing support. It has been an
amazing journey with some of the best, most reliable coding I've
encountered.

I did my time with Y2K remediation. When 2038 rolls around, all that will be
Not My Problem.

Sam

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Jan 22, 2024, 11:25:21 PMJan 22
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On Mon, 22 Jan 2024 18:34:31 -0600, Don Wright <wno...@wricomp.com>
wrote:

>I did my time with Y2K remediation. When 2038 rolls around, all that will be
>Not My Problem.


I wonder if Usenet will exist in 2038?

Don Wright

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Jan 23, 2024, 3:32:59 PMJan 23
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My original reply included the prediction both email and Usenet would be
banned as tools associated with terrorism. I thought that too much of a
downer for the original sentiment, but since you asked...

Paul S Person

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Jan 24, 2024, 11:21:40 AMJan 24
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On Tue, 23 Jan 2024 14:32:00 -0600, Don Wright <wno...@wricomp.com>
Banned or so heavily regulated that it would amount to the same thing.
--
"Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"
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