<s>
WinComm	B-Protocol
was	O
a	O
terminal	B-Application
emulator	I-Application
program	O
for	O
Windows	O
that	O
was	O
offered	O
by	O
Delrina	O
in	O
the	O
mid-1990s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Seeing	O
a	O
growing	O
business	O
in	O
online	O
communications	O
utilities	O
,	O
Delrina	O
launched	O
WinComm	B-Protocol
PRO	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
used	O
primarily	O
to	O
connect	O
to	O
Bulletin	B-Application
Board	I-Application
Systems	I-Application
of	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
prior	O
to	O
the	O
advent	O
of	O
the	O
Internet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
double-clicking	O
on	O
an	O
icon	O
,	O
the	O
program	O
would	O
automatically	O
connect	O
to	O
any	O
of	O
a	O
number	O
pre-defined	O
online	O
services	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Delphi	O
,	O
Compuserve	O
or	O
GEnie	B-Language
,	O
or	O
to	O
any	O
other	O
local	O
BBS	O
a	O
user	O
may	O
have	O
had	O
defined	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Delrina	O
tried	O
to	O
expand	O
aggressively	O
into	O
this	O
market	O
space	O
,	O
first	O
by	O
acquiring	O
the	O
Canadian	O
online	O
bulletin	B-Application
board	I-Application
service	I-Application
CRS	O
Online	O
,	O
and	O
then	O
using	O
it	O
as	O
a	O
distribution	O
channel	O
for	O
free	O
versions	O
of	O
its	O
WinComm	B-Protocol
LITE	O
and	O
DOS-based	O
FreeComm	O
products	O
in	O
March	O
1995	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
WinComm	B-Protocol
PRO	O
product	O
culminated	O
in	O
version	O
7.0	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
bundled	O
with	O
the	O
CommSuite	B-Application
95	I-Application
software	O
package	O
,	O
which	O
also	O
included	O
versions	O
of	O
WinFax	B-Protocol
and	O
Cyberjack	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
WinComm	B-Protocol
was	O
a	O
relative	O
latecomer	O
to	O
the	O
market	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
dominated	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
by	O
Datastorm	B-Protocol
's	O
Procomm	B-Protocol
series	O
of	O
products	O
.	O
</s>
