Microsoft Comic Chat is now open source

Re:Microsoft Comic Chat is now open source by Athas on Thursday July 16, 2026 @04:20PM (#48939697)

Yes, I really wonder how they expected people would react to that.

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Re:Microsoft Comic Chat is now open source by efdee on Thursday July 16, 2026 @04:58PM (#48940148)

Comic Chat had its own IRC servers ran by Microsoft. You weren't supposed to use it on "regular" servers.

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Re:Microsoft Comic Chat is now open source by krige on Friday July 17, 2026 @06:06AM (#48945416)

Nah it was just the default server in the dropdown list. Out of the box it also supported UnderNet, IRCNet, and more.

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Re:Microsoft Comic Chat is now open source by rincebrain on Thursday July 16, 2026 @05:05PM (#48940233)

I have to imagine the answer was either "dedicated MSCC servers and EEE" depending on your level of cynicism or "it was just a tech demo that escaped".

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