Hello Lebeau-Software subscribers,

Yes, I know, I know, I am silent for long periods of time for awhile now. I
am still around, still programming away when I can. Circumstances in my
personal life have changed over the past couple of years and have been
keeping me from programming when I would like to. I don't get a lot of free
time anymore, but I try to squeeze in some time when possible.

Microsoft has recently announceed that is is discontinuing development of
its MSAgent technology (http://www.microsoft.com/msagent). In light of that
news, I have decided to release my latest MSAgent data spec sheet, which I
have been holding on to for several years, as it now includes full details
about MSAgent's compression algorithm, as well as adds new information about
the ACF and ACA file formats. I was not sure how Microsoft would react to
the compression information being released publically. However, since they
are not developing MSAgent any further, I figure it should be safe now.
Other people are already starting to implement their own MSAgent replacement
engines, so my latest spec can be helpful for them. I am still planning on
working on my own MSAgent-related projects, as described in earlier mailings
and on my website. It is just a matter of having enough free time to do so.

In addition, I am currently in the process of implementing back-end upgrades
to my website, so some functionality may not work correctly during the next
few days. I should have everything working properly soon.

Until next time...

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Remy Lebeau
http://www.lebeausoftware.org