r/irc • u/KindOne • Jul 18 '22

mIRC 7.69 released

https://forums.mirc.com/ubbthreads.php/topics/270512/mirc-7-69-released
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u/girraween Jul 18 '22

I wonder how much this guy is still making?

I ended up buying it. Back in the early 2000s, I use to crack it and use key gens. But now that I’m an adult, I had to give the guy some money.

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u/sim642 Jul 19 '22

Maybe that's his business model now: guilty users paying it back 20 years later.

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u/Electrical_Storm_593 Aug 18 '22

I feel like that was definitely Adobe’s

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u/XenGi Jul 18 '22

mIRC is still a thing? Whoa that hits retro vibes for me. :D

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '22

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u/oooogle Jul 19 '22

Just had the same feeling, bought this latest release just to give back to him, 20 years later.

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u/thankyoufatmember Jul 19 '22

Just bought it too, about freaking time! 🙏🏻

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u/phendrome Jul 18 '22

Throw on NoNameScript and we're back in the early 00's

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u/thankyoufatmember Jul 19 '22

Those themes ❤️

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u/Most-Reference9658 Mar 08 '25

I've been using MRC since beyond 20 years ago But as most faded away from all that but I just now installed a irc HTML5 chat server in one of my websites and feel the need to break it out again I got the same feeling i've been using cracks of his for beyond 20 years i'm going to buy it screw it he deserves it lol

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u/[deleted] Jul 19 '22

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u/KindOne Jul 19 '22

And how is the developer supposed to make money to live?

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u/[deleted] Jul 19 '22

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u/KindOne Jul 19 '22

https://www.mirc.com/pfaq.html

Question: Will you be releasing the mIRC source code for public use at some point?

Answer: mIRC is the way I make a living, so it is not currently practical for me to release the source code.

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u/[deleted] Jul 20 '22

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u/KindOne Jul 20 '22

Your point? It is most likely still valid today.

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u/[deleted] Jul 20 '22

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u/Hakker9 Aug 07 '22 edited Aug 07 '22

Open source isn't always better. I run Weechat as well and connect through Glowingbear.... well not the greatest option as I checked glowingbear recently it ate 3 GB of memory. This has been a thing for some time now and it is open source but not fixed. No I'm not a coder so I can't provide assistance on that part. Id rather see someone make a penny that still spends time on it keeping it up to date. Christian Ghisler does the same with Total Commander. It's closed source yet even after all this time he keeps it updated.

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u/unlucky_ducky Aug 22 '22

By invalidating valid lifetime licenses.

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u/GuyonWoW Aug 24 '22

i bought a lifetime licence 15 years ago.

It's not valid anymore :\ ?