One feature hybrid p2p clients aim for is creating a completely transparent method for the user to access IRC fserves and newsgroups. It's something I'm planning to do myself, basically behind the scenes the client will log on to one or more irc servers, and enter mp3/movie trading channels and compile a list of the available files, probably by logging onto the fserves and finding out wat each of them contain. To the user all they have to do is enter their search term, and along with FastTrak, Opennap, Gnutella, WinMX, eDonkey networks the client also uses results from IRC.
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