Deletion of Forté Agent

Comment: This is a leading Usenet newsgroup reader program for Windows. It has a long history and it's widely covered in the computer press which of course has diminished over several years together with the decline of Usenet and NNTP itself. Deleting articles because of decreasing relevance is unencyclopedic –  works both ways
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Recentism (WP:RECENTISM)

Comment: for once a piece of software that, back in the day, even I have heard of (not that that's a criterion for retention). I think it's relevant to the history of Usenet, so was surprised there was no mention there. That said, it has been a challenge to find evidence to show that  has been met. There are recommendations of Forte Agent as a good alternative to Outlook Express on https://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?start=10&q=%22Forte+agent%22&hl=en&as_sdt=0,5 Google Scholar, suggesting this old software probably meets the guideline's description of ''"software with significant historical or technical importance (e.g. Visicalc) are notable even if they are no longer in widespread use or distribution."'' By contrast, I am unconvinced that the article on its makers, Forté Internet Software, which has been unreferenced for the last 5 years, merits the same benefit of the doubt. ({{ping|FockeWulf FW 190}} - please sign all your comments so we know who is making contributions, please
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:NSOFTWARE)

Comment: See also this nominator's Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Forté Internet Software|AfD for Forté Internet Software. |Pointy
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Do not disrupt Wikipedia to illustrate a point (WP:POINT)