[opendtv] Re: Another point of view on walled gardens
- From: Kon Wilms <konfoo@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2010 11:36:30 -0800
On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 11:19 AM, John Shutt <shuttj@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> So, in other words, you have it backwards. AOL and CompuServe sprang up out
> of the wilderness, and then later it was the internet that slowly grew up
> around them. CompuServe and AOL weren't the anomaly, they were the only
> game in town.
You seem to have completely forgotten about TeleText. Services like
BelTel and others were doing a lot of what you say AOL 'pioneered' a
long time before them.
Cheers
Kon
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