From its humble beginnings to the latest release, BitchX has always been about community. Over the years, a handful of people have voluntarily contributed a great deal of time and energy to the project by writing scripts, providing support, troubleshooting, patches, enhancements or simply making BitchX a fun thing to be involved with. With such a long history, we have had our losses. Several of the friends that we came to regard as a kind of extended family left us before their time, and we would like to remember them here. Jason Higham, known to his friends on IRC as "ssshooter", left us on July 11th, 2004. He is remembered fondly by his family and friends. Miles Wilson, also known as "sellfone", passed away on the 18th of July, 2004. He was a member of our family for many years, and he is missed.