From way back in 1973, to the present day. Wow.. How many of these have I used :) #chat #collaboration
This is from the about page on Sameroom.io - "Chat is a mess. There are hundreds of different solutions, and none of them speak to one another. That’s why we’re building Sameroom—because we love chat and want to make it better. We started by creating our own service (Kato). Now, we’re taking all of that knowledge and putting it to work in a way to bridge different chat environments. Want to know more? Contact us!"
GroupSwim Proto: Own
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Unix Talk Protocol: Talk
TERM-talk Protocol: Own
Talkomatic Protocol: Own
Talker Protocol: Telnet
BITNET Relay Protocol: Own
IRC Protocol: IRC
Yahoo! Messenger Protocol: YMSG
Ytalk Protocol: Talk +
DALnet Protocol: IRC
PowWow Protocol: IRC
Interoperable with MSN
End MSN interop
ICQ Protocol: Own
AIM Protocol: Oscar
1997
Microsoft Netmeeting Protocol: MSNP
UnderNet Protocol: IRC
QuakeNet Protocol: IRC
IBM Sametime Based on Databeam and Ubique
Freenode Protocol: IRC
EFNet Protocol: IRC
ICB Protocol: Own
QQ (by Tencent) Protocol: Own
Windows Messenger Protocol: MSNP
Odigo Protocol: Own
Jabber Protocol: XMPP
Cisco buys Jabber XCP
Skype Protocol: Own
Rizon Protocol: IRC
Sold to eBay
Sold to Microsoft
Blackberry Messenger Protocol: Own
Campfire Protocol: Own
Я.Онлайн Protocol: XMPP
Mail.ru Protocol: ICQ/Oscar
Unison Protocol: Own
WeChat (by Tencent) Protocol: Own
Viber Protocol: Own
Signal Protocol: Own
Chatwork Protocol: Own
Quip
Yixin (by China Telecom) Protocol: Own
Telegram Protocol: MTProto
Cotap Protocol: Own
Renamed: Zinc
Fleep Protocol: Own
Google+ Hangouts Protocol: Own
Intellinote Protocol: Own
Acquired by Broadsoft
Google Hangouts Chat
Kato Protocol: Own
Laiwang by Alibaba Protocol: Own
Moxtra Protocol: Own
Pie Protocol: Own
Slack Protocol: Own
Chapp Protocol: Own
ChatGrape Protocol: Own
Circuit by Unify Protocol: Own
Cisco Spark Protocol: Own
Evernote Work Chat Protocol: Own
FireChat Protocol: Own
Flock Protocol: Own
Gitter Protocol: FAYE
Jandi Protocol: Own
Wire Protocol: Own
Shifts to team chat Protocol: Own
Sold to Atlassian
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