Hey everyone! Gather round and uncle Zib will tell you a story. Once upon a time, there were only standard, big-company instant messengers. Small companies just didn’t make chat programs. Programs had almost no emoticons. Only 16! (*Gasp!*) But all that changed when ELC was released by Sabretooth Software. It was an open-source freeware chat client that supported plug-ins, emoticons, and all the standard chat client functions, but woah-hey! It was made by a two-man team! (*Gaspx2!*) The world and the way people saw chat programs was changed forever. Ok now uncle Zib is tired, story time’s over. Go home!