A Brief History of Chat Services from Way Back in 1973, to the Present Day Brought to You by Sameroom.Io
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A Brief History of Chat Services From way back in 1973, to the present day Brought to you by Sameroom.io 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Talkomatic Protocol: Own TERM-talk Protocol: Own 1973 Unix Talk Protocol: Talk 1983 Talker Protocol: Telnet 1984 BITNET Relay Protocol: Own 1985 IRC Protocol: IRC 1988 ICB Protocol: Own 1989 EFNet Protocol: IRC Ytalk Protocol: Talk + 1990 UnderNet Protocol: IRC 1992 DALnet Protocol: IRC PowWow Protocol: IRC 1994 Freenode Protocol: IRC 1995 ICQ Protocol: Own Sold to AOL (Converts to Oscar) Sold to mail.ru Hotline Protocol: Own IRCnet Protocol: IRC 1996 AIM Protocol: Oscar 52% US use AIM Usage decline Microsoft Netmeeting Protocol: MSNP 1997 IBM Sametime Based on Databeam and Ubique QuakeNet Protocol: IRC Yahoo! Messenger Protocol: YMSG Interoperable with MSN End MSN interop 1998 Jabber Protocol: XMPP Cisco buys Jabber XCP MSN Messenger Protocol: MSNP Odigo Protocol: Own QQ (by Tencent) Protocol: Own 1999 Windows Messenger Protocol: MSNP 2001 Rizon Protocol: IRC 2002 Skype Protocol: Own Sold to eBay Sold to Microsoft Protocol: MSNP 2003 Mail.ru Protocol: ICQ/Oscar 2004 Google Talk Protocol: XMPP 2005 Blackberry Messenger Protocol: Own Campfire Protocol: Own 37signals rebrands, signups close Signups reopen 2006 GroupSwim Proto: Own MS Office Communicator Proto: MSNP 2007 Я.Онлайн Protocol: XMPP Unison Protocol: Own Acquired by Skype by Acquired 2008 Salesforce acquires GroupSwim, renames it Chatter WhatsApp Protocol: XMPP w/extensions Sold to Facebook Protocol: Own 2009 Flowdock Protocol: Own Sold to Rally Software Sold to CA GroupMe Protocol: Own HipChat Protocol: XMPP w/extensions Sold to Atlassian KakaoTalk Protocol: Own Microsoft Lync Protocol: MSNP Signal Protocol: Own Viber Protocol: Own 2010 Facebook Messenger Protocol: Own Hall Protocol: Own Sold to Atlassian iMessage Protocol: Own Line Protocol: Own Lua Protocol: Own MoMo Protocol: Own WeChat (by Tencent) Protocol: Own 2011 Chatwork Protocol: Own Quip Shifts to team chat Protocol: Own Wire Protocol: Own Zulip (Closed β) Protocol: Own Sold to Dropbox Relaunched as open-source 2012 Cotap Protocol: Own Renamed: Zinc Fleep Protocol: Own Glip Protocol: Own Sold to RingCentral Google+ Hangouts Protocol: Own Google Hangouts Chat Intellinote Protocol: Own Acquired by Broadsoft Kato Protocol: Own Laiwang by Alibaba Protocol: Own Moxtra Protocol: Own Pie Protocol: Own Slack Protocol: Own Talk.co (branchout pivot) Telegram Protocol: MTProto TigerText Protocol: Own Yixin (by China Telecom) Protocol: Own 2013 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 Mez Protocol: Own Talko Protocol: Own Teamchat Protocol: Own Tribecube Protocol: Own Vector.im Protocol: Matrix Renamed: Riot.im 2014 Discord Protocol: Own Facebook at Work Protocol: Own Jive Chime Protocol: Own Mattermost Protocol: Own Rocket.chat Protocol: Own Ryver Protocol: XMPP Skype for Business Protocol: MSNP Symphony Protocol: Own Clearchat Protocol: Own 2015 2016 2017.