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You can't win the argument, because millions of people are still using it, and it's growing... I assume your startup failed. Perhaps that's tainted your view a

by axod 18y ago

You can't win the argument, because millions of people are still using it, and it's growing... I assume your startup failed. Perhaps that's tainted your view a tad.

tptacek 18y ago
My 1999 startup did not fail because I made the wrong bet about the ancient IRC protocol. IRC isn't "growing" just because you stuck a web front end on it and started counting page views. Like I said, the overwhelming majority of your users could care less what the protocol is behind it. You are the opposite of right; IRC is dying, and will be replaced with web chat systems with backend protocols nobody thinks about.
- axod 18y ago
  "started counting page views" Why would I count page views? Counting profit is much more fun. I think you'll see an explosion in online webchat this year and next, and IRC will be one of the clear winners. I don't like the protocol, it's a complete mess to be honest, but that's what'll happen.