This Day in Tech History.
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CompuServe Launches MicroNET
September 24, 1979
CompuServe launches the first consumer-oriented online information service, which they called MicroNET. This marked the first time a consumer had access to services such as e-mail. The service was not favored internally within the business-oriented CompuServe, but as the service became a hit, they renamed the service CompuServe Information Service, or CIS. By the mid-1980s CompuServe was the largest consumer information service in the world and half their revenue came from CIS. In 1989 CompuServe connected its proprietary e-mail system to the Internet e-mail system, making it one of the first commercial Internet services. However, CompuServe did not compete well with America On-Line or independent Internet Service Providers in the 1990’s and lost its dominant market position. (https://thisdayintechhistory.com/)
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Christopher Guth
2021-10-09 08:01:10 +0000 UTCThis is my birthday. Pretty cool facts!! Thanks
Chris
2021-10-04 15:45:37 +0000 UTCI lived in polhiem germany from 82 til 85
Elizabeth Edwards
2021-10-03 19:33:23 +0000 UTCI was in Germany in the 80s I'm headed to Panama in the nineties. Traveling has its perks but you get to miss out on some cool things!
Itsblueeyes
2021-09-26 05:01:53 +0000 UTC
