Created at
MIT,
Zephyr was designed as an
instant messenger protocol and application-suite with a heavy
Unix background. Using the
"do one thing, do it well" philosophy of Unix, it was made up of several separate programs working together to make a complete messenging system.
Zephyr is still in use today, mostly in University environments such Stanford and of course MIT.
Related
- Gaim, a popular multi-platform Zephyr-capable client
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