Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 7th Jul 2009 13:42 UTC, submitted by Dale Smoker
"CompuServe, the first commercially successful online and email provider in America, has been shut down by AOL after 30 years of service. The original CompuServe â" later renamed CompuServe Classic â" was laid to rest July 1, 2009. In a message sent to its remaining subscribers, AOL urged customers sticking with cheap dial-up to move on to the company's surviving sub-brand ISP, CompuServe 2000."
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Compuserve reminds me of the days when nothing was standard. Remember e-mail addresses like phone numbers, and the British e-mail system that used an exclamation mark. I'm not sure what that system was called so can't bring up the specifics.
At least that's one more walled-garden dead. If only AOL would follow suit.