@Serenus The problem usually came in quality of the client apps. Find a good business orientated IRC client, maybe they exist now I hadnt checked in a minute - but they didnt then.
And by business orientated I mean that includes the needs of compliance etc. @miah
Gregory's Server
@ripienaar @Serenus I think most people in "tech" ran a simple command line irc client, while everybody else ran the Mac Colloquy.
We had a standard of "no Windows" on the server network, and after buyout our new "compliance" broke that rule, ripped out our slapd and replaced it with Active Directory.