This week at LWN: The Grumpy Editor's Guide to graphical IRC clients

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on Jan 18, 2007 7:56 PM EDT
LWN.net; By Johnathan Corbet
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IRC (Internet Relay Chat) is a venerable protocol which allows people to type messages at each other across the net. Your editor remembers a fascinating day in 1991, when observers in Moscow used an IRC channel to report on the Soviet coup attempt; it was an early example of the power the net would come to have. In subsequent years, however, your editor has had little time for IRC. Getting LWN together every week requires a strong focus on getting things done, and IRC can be a real productivity killer. Pretending that IRC does not exist has been most helpful in getting the Real Work done.

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