$20 is not so bad...... and, all the upgrades you can stand..... As for the those that feel cheated????
I suppose that if mIRC were 'packaged' software at the store...... you would stuff a box under your
sweater, and add another term to your description: shoplifter.....

As for "always $20"........ I just checked..... I paid $15 to Khaled........ in September 96..... So, including
a lot of versions later... That is just about $2/year, and getting cheaper by the day.......

I remember when Khaled said, "no more new versions"..... The uproar from the users was loud, and plain:
"You have the best IRC software! Please do not stop writing new code......!"

It has the best 'Help' of any software I have ever used, (most 'help' is useless..... mIRC Help is quite
'friendly', and seems to always have a useful answer).

Billy G. has shut down his free Chat site..... Why.... It costs money! Billy G..... $46 BILLION...... and
saving mo' money, mo' money, mo' money. If you steal his OS.... you cannot even download the
ever-growing number of 'security patches'....... I bought MS Word 1.0 in '90 for $308.60! Unlike Khaled,
Billy G. wants FULL PRICE for 'new' versions.... Just 4 months later.... I paid MS $10.38... just for an
'upgrade'...... I really HATE giving MS mo' money...... And, what do I get, in return? The most,
[email]f@54^*%$976*%z076Z[/email], bug-laden, hacker-loved, security threat-in-a-box software, available
in the Universe.... And even worse..... Win95 destroyed the idea of pre-Win95 software..... Oh, the
pain of 'Bleeding-edge' technology........

Yet, mIRC is always ready to give up the latest, and greatest.... at no charge!

And, if you do not pay........ You can still use it, with a little bothersome 'reminder', or your cheating
ways.... (keygen pgm). I have seeen many IRC clients in the past decade. None started out well,
and this one continues to be outstanding! (just keep your favorite, past version archived,
in case of 'bugs' in new versions....)

I doubt that anyone in 'mIRC Organization'.... will ever become 'rich' from the sales of mIRC....
I hope they do not stop trying.......... Khaled, a "greedy programmer"?..... I think NOT!