CompuServe sucks, and always had.
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From: Nick Croft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Monday, 6 March 2000 10:17
Subject: [SLUG] Re: CompuServe
>Someone said to me: "You should be on CompuServe. They offer 100 hours
>free time a month, which is a better deal than what you get"
>
>I must confess I didn't know what to say except that they're a wholly
>owned subsidiary of AOL, as if that said it all.
>
>The name even sounds dodgy to me, although they have a long history, since
>1969 (!).
>"Founded in 1969 as a computer time-sharing service, Columbus,
>Ohio-based CompuServe drove the initial emergence of the online service\
>industry. In 1979, CompuServe became the first service
>to offer electronic mail capabilities and technical support to personal
>computer users. CompuServe broke new ground again in 1980 as
>the first online service to offer real-time chat online with its CB
>Simulator."
>
>What do you say. It's not like me after all to reject something for purely
>emotional/intuitive reasons.
>
>Any opinions?
>
>Nick
>
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