I think he meant mIRC (the shareware software) is the official IRC client of the military.
yup, from wikipedia:
> mIRC is part of the communication infrastructure of the US military,[15] which includes controlling unmanned airstrikes from the DGS-4 in Ramstein Air Base.[16][17]
Heh, they use the full paid version.
I always wondered who KMB got cash from...
Didn't he have like 9 paying users after 15 years or so? Poor guy :) Could have needed some monetization strategy advice