Tag archive: CompuServe

For anyone around in the early days of the commercial Internet, CompuServe was a familiar name. Along with AOL (the simply known as America Online), it was one of the main Internet portals, offering e-mail and dial-up online access until it was taken over by AOL in the mid ‘90s. But last week, AOL closed the door on that piece of history, as CompuServe died after an impressive 30-year history. AOL urged CompuServe subscribers –… Read More

It continues to amaze me how long it has taken for the rest of the market to realize that Apple does some things incredibly well. For example: Apple survived the consolidation of the PC market onto Windows by focusing on creating an incredibly user-friendly platform and wrapping it around generally-pleasing and well-designed hardware. (On the Windows PC side, that market went down a different path – one much more focused on cost… Read More