Forte Agent 2.0 (closed beta)

[Mike Hearn]

On Wed, 2003-11-05 at 23:19, Boris 'pi' Piwinger wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> I am new to the list and have Linux at home since last
> Thursday. I am still having some problems getting Forte
> Agent to work under Wine, but I am involved into (closed)
> beta testing for Forte Agent for many years and we just got
> the first shot at 2.0 which will change a lot anyway. Some
> problems are gone, but some serious problems are new.

You didn't say what Forte Agent is, so I'll assume you mean this:

http://www.forteinc.com/main/homepage.php

ie, a newsreader. As you're new to Linux I'll point out that you can use
several good native newsreaders, like Pan or KNode. Is there any reason
you want Forte in particular?

> It is the aim of Forte to have Agent run under Wine. So they
> asked me to invite Wine developers to join the beta testing
> people so both sides can see what needs to be done.

OK, well, somebody may choose to take a look at their app in their spare
time, that sometimes happens, but it's typically for apps with no native
equivalents (games, specialist software, macromedia products etc)...
probably your best bet one of these options:

a) Sit down and start debugging
b) Talk to CodeWeavers, they can do app ports professionally
c) Find a Wine developer available for work. I normally would be but am
currently already working for somebody else on a different app (a
domain-specific database). I dunno how much Forte want their app to run
on Linux via Wine but we could probably figure something out if they are
willing to wait

or 

d) File bugs in bugzilla and hope people get around to fixing them.

thanks -mike