The Cat War - Fanzine Tèque 2
The Cat War - Fanzine Tèque 2
About the Zine: " Cat Wars " tells the inside story of Microsoft's war against AOL to establish itself in the nascent instant messaging software market. In the summer of 1998, Microsoft sought to position its MSN Messenger software against the then-market leader, AOL Instant Messenger (AIM). A young programmer was tasked with implementing an interoperability option that would allow MSN customers to find their AIM contacts. What followed was a months-long code war (attack/counterattack) between opposing teams...
Content : "The War of the cats - MSN vs. AOL" is a translation of an article by David Auerbach published by the journal n+1 in 2014.
David Auerbach is an American writer and graduate of Yale University. He joined Microsoft early on to work on MSN Messenger and then worked for Google until 2008. He has published two books: Bitwise: A Life in Code (2018) and Meganets: How Digital Forces Beyond Our Control Commander Our Daily Lives and Inner Realities (2023).
48 pages
format: A6
Graphic design: Pierre Vanni
Condition: new
Language: French
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