@Juppe

Used to think so aswell. But the fact is, people find ICQ (for example) to be a lot more easier to use than IRC. Not everybody can use IRC since day one, but learning how to use ICQ is a matter of an hour. I know, I have tought lots of people to use it (the same people would never touch IRC unless it connects it automaticly to predefined channels, with predefined server and predefined nickname.)