Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk
Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!looking!brad
From: brad@looking.on.ca (Brad Templeton)
Subject: Re: Compu$erve, Prodigy, GEnie, etc.
Organization: Looking Glass Software Ltd.
Date: Tue, 19 Feb 91 18:24:47 GMT
Message-ID: <1991Feb19.182447.15081@looking.on.ca>
References: <oV9cX1w163w@bluemoon.uucp> <1991Feb15.204716.2376@looking.on.ca> <TOM.91Feb18081506@hcx2.ssd.csd.harris.com>

As I said, I deliberately didn't include Dialog or Mead or DataTimes etc.
because they are in the "database" class of services and not the online
industry.    While the online industry companines all provide some database
services, there is a very different thrust to the two industries.

The most essential one is providing user interaction beyond e-mail.  This
includes the formation of an electronic community and of course the ability
for users to publish stuff for other users.
-- 
Brad Templeton, ClariNet Communications Corp. -- Waterloo, Ontario 519/884-7473
