TiK was a
project originally started by
AOL to
provide an
open protocol and
client for
AIM that
Unix users could
use.
Written in
pure tcl/tk, TiK came with
documentation of the
TOC protocol, which is a
gateway to the
proprietary OSCAR protocol that the
Windows and
Mac OS clients use.
TiK was discontinued by AOL without notice, but development continues by the open source community, and its current code is hosted at SourceForge. The TOC server, however, is no longer being updated.
TiK's name was a
lame attempt at a
pun. It was the
client for
TOC. TiK/TOC, get it? ehhh, huh huh huh...
TOC was also a
pun, being
pronounced "
talk". Those guys at
AOL smoke too much
crack.