Kermit

👥kind protocolusage storageenc optionaltopology p2pentity transportid account

started: 1981
by: Frank da Cruz, Bill Catchings, Columbia University
homepage: http://www.kermitproject.org
wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kermit_(protocol)

Cross-platform file transfer and terminal-emulator protocol from Columbia. Worked over serial lines, modems, and TCP/IP; cross-OS interop was the killer feature.