CompuServe, Prodigy et al.: What Web 2.0 can learn from Online 1.0 News Jul 15, 2009 21 mins Collaboration Software SaaS Small and Medium Business ...

Prodigy was the second-largest online service in early 1995 with about 1.25-million subscribers, while CompuServe had 2-million and America Online 1-million.

Led by CompuServe and Prodigy, many ISPs are offering large rebates to computer buyers who sign long-term contracts for their service. These deals initially bring the companies precariously close ...

Unlike CompuServe, Prodigy engaged in content moderation in order to remove profanity and pornography. A New York state court found Prodigy liable for defamation posted by its users because it ...

Well almost all, it was never easy to warm up to Prodigy with its slower than slow speeds even by 1200-baud bound standards and its clunky interface. But, of all them, I liked CompuServe the best.

Prodigy A younger competitor to CompuServe, Prodigy was a "home computer information service" launched nationally in 1990 by a partnership of Sears and IBM, distinguishing itself with the addition ...

It limited people by telling them with whom they could communicate. And unlike AOL and Compuserve and Prodigy, people couldn't just be any fun identity they wanted, like picklefinger0237.

CompuServe Classic, the initial on-ramp to the information superhighway for a generation of Americans, has died. It was 30 years old. AOL, the current owner of CompuServe, confirmed the passing of ...

CompuServe, Prodigy, the early versions of AOL and several others offered pay-for-service access to moderated discussion groups (threaded discussion lists), news services (e.g., the original ...

But before long, you could sign up for America Online -- "American Online" in many people's errant pronunciation -- CompuServe, Prodigy or another online service and get not only text, but also ...