Better Late Than Never: I’ve Finally Registered mIRC
Filed under: Internet, Software — Malcolm Owen @ 1:55 pm
This might sound a bit strange, but I’ve registered mIRC. That in itself is weird, although it really shouldn’t be.
mIRC, to the uninitiated, is a fantastic Internet Relay Chat client that has been around since 1995. A fairly simple client with the flexibility for it to be used/misused with vast amounts of scripting, it is still holding it’s own against the now usual Instant Messaging systems such as MSN and Yahoo IM. An absolutely fantastic program that has proved itself over many years as pretty much an essential tool for net enthusiasts around the world.
As I reopened my usual mIRC window to join the usual suspects in the usual communities I hang out in, I saw the usual “You’ve used this for 30 days” registration nag message you get when you run the program, and began to wonder how long I had really been using it for. I mean, most shareware programs are limited in terms of how long they last for, or how much they allow you to do in them. mIRC allows you full access despite asking for a registration, even after the 30 days are up. No stopping you from chatting, no changing your nickname to something useless, not even an over the top nag screen that takes up the entire window. I’ve used the same unregistered installation of mIRC for years, and I think it’s more than earned my registration fee to it. So, I did.
After years of service, I’m now a registered user of mIRC. Fundamentally nothing has changed, except that I feel a little bit better, that I’ve done a “Good Thing”.
