I was always more of an MSN Messenger guy. But the Open OSCAR Server project is a fantastic labor of love stewarded by a kind soul.<p>They put up with (if not were outright amused at) me digging up the weirdest 3rd party clients I could [1] and just kicking them around against the server software to find bugs [2]<p>[1] <a href="https://wiki.cursedsilicon.net/wiki/AIM_Clients" rel="nofollow">https://wiki.cursedsilicon.net/wiki/AIM_Clients</a><p>[2] <a href="https://github.com/mk6i/open-oscar-server/issues/120" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/mk6i/open-oscar-server/issues/120</a><p>[2] <a href="https://github.com/mk6i/open-oscar-server/issues/122" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/mk6i/open-oscar-server/issues/122</a><p>[2] <a href="https://github.com/mk6i/open-oscar-server/issues/123" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/mk6i/open-oscar-server/issues/123</a>
If you want to use Pidgin with it, check out <a href="https://github.com/pidgin/retro-prpl" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/pidgin/retro-prpl</a>
Hey all, If you're looking for a public server to jump into to start chatting on aim again, please check out <a href="https://logon.chat/" rel="nofollow">https://logon.chat/</a><p>It is fully backed by OOS<p>:)
Neat. At some early startups, we used AIM similar to how Slack is used today.
ICQ? Now that's a name I've not heard in a long time... a long time.
FWIW, ICQ was being discussed here less than a month ago.<p><a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49224443">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49224443</a><p><a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49167258">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49167258</a><p>OK, OK... to be fair "discussed" is an over statement. Let's say "ICQ was <i>mentioned</i> here less than a month ago. :-)
As TinCan phones are getting popular in my kid’s friend circle, I am getting second hand pride at her low number like I had (have?) for my ICQ number