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by pmlnr 3758 days ago
IRC is still alive ;)
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bluedino 3758 days ago
It's just a protocol. Like HTTP, FTP...

It's not a client. It's not one companies servers. It's not anything like AOL IM, ICQ, Yahoo Messenger, PowWow...

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pmlnr 3758 days ago
And that is exactly why it's still alive.
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lmm 3756 days ago
AIM/ICQ is still alive. Yahoo! Messenger is still alive. MSN Messenger has a migration path to Skype. Doesn't seem like that distinction makes a lot of difference.
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CaptSpify 3758 days ago
But it is the exception.
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