About Us » General Introduction

The Xtris Network's aim and purpose is to provide a safe, efficient, professional and friendly IRC network for users around the world; our professionalism is our key factor to a prosperous future as an Internet community.

The Xtris Network is a not-for-profit Organisation which currently provides IRC services to its users. Our members of staff are not paid; they are volunteers (totaling ten) who donate themselves selflessly to the running of the network and its users. The Organisation has no employees, and no one within the network obtains a salary or income from the operation of the network. We rely on the continued support of our network staff and the infrequent donations made by dedicated and generous users.

We are currently serving you from five countries in four languages.

We are always wanting input, suggestions and comments relating to our network operation. We value your input, and will try to meet your demands in every way possible.

IRC stands for "Internet Relay Chat"
IRC was created in the summer of 1988 in Finland by a man called Jarkko Oikarinen. It was experimented with by people across the country who were interested in developing this new protocol
ircII was released in 1989 by Michael Sandrof. By mid-1989, IRC had spread across the Internet, and there were around 40 servers worldwide. During the Gulf War, IRC allowed live communication the likes of which had never been seen before. Families could communicate from across the world, and live reports were sent to channels. IRC had over 300 simultaneous users for the first time
IRC has continued to grow from this point with the big networks (such as Dalnet, EFnet, IRCnet, Undernet and QuakeNet) and smaller networks (such as Xtris). Today, IRC has a total count of over a million users all of which have spawned from a bedroom programmer's spare time creation and other people's experimentation with this creation

On behalf of the staff, we warmly welcome you to the Xtris Network, and hope you'll have many enjoyable times online!

Nothing is as real as a dream. The world can change around you, but your dream will not. Responsibilities need not erase it. Duties need not obscure it. Because the dream is within you, no one can take it away.