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=== Early beginnings ===
After several internal builds, the first ever public release of Trillian, version ''0.50'', was available on July 1, 2000, and was designed to be an IRC client. The release was deemed 'too buggy' and was immediately pulled off the shelf and replaced by a new version ''0.51'' on the same day. It featured a simple Connection Manager and skinned windows.

A month later, two minor builds were released with additional IRC features and bug fixes. Despite these efforts, Trillian was not popular, as reflected in the number of downloads from CNET's Download.com.{{Citation needed|date=July 2007}}

Trillian was a [[donateware]] at that time. They used [[PayPal]] for receiving donations through their web site.