<s>
XiRCON	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
discontinued	O
freeware	O
IRC	O
client	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
TCP/IP	O
was	O
added	O
to	O
Windows	O
,	O
XiRCON	B-Protocol
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
popular	O
IRC	O
clients	O
on	O
the	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
XiRCON	B-Protocol
client	O
was	O
used	O
for	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
fields	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
library	O
helpdesk	O
,	O
genealogy	O
,	O
and	O
US	O
Naval	O
command	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
its	O
graphical	O
user	O
interface	O
and	O
ease	O
of	O
use	O
,	O
XiRCON	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
suggested	O
client	O
in	O
Learn	O
Internet	O
Relay	O
Chat	O
,	O
Volume	O
1	O
(	O
Toyer	O
,	O
1998	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
proliferation	O
mIRC	B-Language
computer	O
worms	O
,	O
Steal	O
this	O
Computer	O
Book	O
4.0	O
recommended	O
switching	O
to	O
competing	O
IRC	O
clients	O
like	O
XiRCON	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
XiRCON	B-Protocol
was	O
approved	O
for	O
military	O
use	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
the	O
US	O
Navy	O
it	O
was	O
more	O
popular	O
than	O
mIRC	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
an	O
effort	O
to	O
evaluate	O
how	O
real-time	O
communications	O
boost	O
productivity	O
in	O
US	O
Military	O
command	O
,	O
a	O
2004	O
paper	O
by	O
Pacific	O
Science	O
&	O
Engineering	O
Group	O
estimated	O
that	O
28-50	O
%	O
of	O
command	O
groups	O
used	O
XiRCON	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
its	O
discontinuation	O
,	O
XiRCON	B-Protocol
fielded	O
a	O
steadily	O
growing	O
community	O
based	O
around	O
the	O
Kano	O
script	O
,	O
among	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
mIRC	B-Language
progressed	O
it	O
started	O
to	O
include	O
XiRCON	B-Protocol
features	O
such	O
as	O
multi-server	O
support	O
and	O
visual	O
themes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
XiRCON	B-Protocol
's	O
remaining	O
userbase	O
began	O
to	O
dwindle	O
as	O
mIRC	B-Language
became	O
more	O
stable	O
and	O
popular	O
scripts	O
comparable	O
to	O
Kano	O
were	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
attempt	O
was	O
made	O
to	O
clone	O
XiRCON	B-Protocol
by	O
David	O
Gravereaux	O
,	O
who	O
was	O
also	O
the	O
author	O
of	O
the	O
Falcon	O
extension	O
for	O
XiRCON	B-Protocol
,	O
but	O
has	O
yet	O
to	O
complete	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gravereaux	O
also	O
wrote	O
a	O
"	O
hack	O
"	O
for	O
XiRCON	B-Protocol
that	O
allowed	O
it	O
to	O
use	O
any	O
Tcl	B-Operating_System
core	O
v8.1	O
or	O
higher	O
.	O
</s>
