
1998 WiredContact makes ACT! available via web browser and hosting.1998 ACT! 4.0 - Added support for Windows 98 and Office 98.1997 ACT! PalmPilot Link (later ACT! Palm Link).1997 Symantec adds support for ACT! in WinFax Pro.1996 ACT! 3.0 (November) - Win95 product with added back-wards compatibility to run on Win 3.1.1996 ACT! for Lotus Notes - later sold to original developers, ErgoTech.1995 ACT! Mobile Link - two way sync for remote users.1993 ACT! for MAC - compatible database with 2.0 for Windows.1993 First On-line support forums on CompuServe.

1993 Symantec purchased Contact Software International.1992 1st ACT! - cut down version for OEMs and single users.1992 ACT!PAK! - first add-on for ACT! developed by Oakhurst Systems.1992 ACT! for HP95LX - the first mobile version for PDAs.1992 ACT! for Windows 2.0 - Added network support for the Windows product.1991 ACT! for Windows 1.0 - CodeBase IV engine compatible with dBase.1990 ACT! for DOS 2.0 (August) - first version with network support.

They were also helped, in the early days by PR “Top Guns”, Regis McKenna - where Steve Jobs turned to for help for his fledgling company called Apple


1988 Conductor Software renamed to Contact Software International on the advice of marketing gurus and authors, Jack Trout and Al Ries.ACT! was also originally an acronym - first for "Activity Control Technology" and later "Automated Contact Tracking", before becoming just "ACT!" 1987 ACT! for DOS 1.0 (April 1st) - previously codenamed “YES!” – a recursive acronym for "Yes, Everybody Sells!".When this failed to be successful, they came up with another idea. 1986 Conductor Software ( Mike Muhney and Pat Sullivan) developed QuotePro in Lotus Symphony.A couple of users asked me about the history of ACT!, so I thought I'd post what I could remember:
