From the first 1988 server through EFnet, Undernet, and DALnet, the timeline connects protocol changes to actual social problems: netsplits, channel takeovers, identities, and governance. IRC features were not abstract standards decoration; people annoyed each other at scale, so someone wrote software.
Original IRC history: https://daniel.haxx.se/irchistory.html
Full Switchboard article: https://switchboardtechservices.com/articles/ancient-web-daniel-stenbergs-history-of-irc/
#ancientweb #irc #internethistory #networkprotocols
Original IRC history: https://daniel.haxx.se/irchistory.html
Full Switchboard article: https://switchboardtechservices.com/articles/ancient-web-daniel-stenbergs-history-of-irc/
#ancientweb #irc #internethistory #networkprotocols
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Categories: Ancient Web & Internet History [c23]