Food for thought... (Score 1)

As part of a team who works on an IRC client I find this to be a little out in left field. Yes, I agree that there are illegal activities on IRC, and even many file transfers of copyrighted material. But where do channels like #windowshelp, and #win98 fit in? These are simply help channels where individuals offer free advice and technical assistance. There are many of those types of channels. And they are never mentioned in these types of editorials. What about #vbhelp and #ASP? These channels offer detailed technical assistance to any who look for help. If you were a programmer before Google and needed help, you would hop on IRC way before hitting the MSDN. And while discussing other genres of channels, online dating has always been quite popular. I actually have used IRC to find new employees when looking for programmers in my local areas. IRC is not the dark side of the internet as many would like you to believe. We were the pre-AOL, pre-Yahoo, pre-MSN instant messaging medium. And there are many of us who use IRC daily for perfectly legal purposes, and sometimes we have great days were we benefit our local communities (IRL). No one ever mentions NNTP in these editorials... Just food for though. Tyler Lynch Aka: CybrCyfr Team Klient (www.klient.com)