What the Hell Was the Microsoft Network? (2018)

Re:What the Hell Was the Microsoft Network? (2018) by ncmncm on Tuesday June 28, 2022 @06:27AM (#31906054)

It was... proprietary. The common "walled garden".

Everybody thought they could make a walled garden people would like better than the open internet. IBM had SNA, DEC had DECnet, Compuserve, WELL, ... None lamented.

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Re:What the Hell Was the Microsoft Network? (2018) by jhbadger on Tuesday June 28, 2022 @09:03AM (#31907146)

There seems to be some nostalgia/lamentation of the glory days around WELL at least. It even technically still exists today.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_WELL

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Re:What the Hell Was the Microsoft Network? (2018) by koofdoof on Tuesday June 28, 2022 @10:22AM (#31908057)

I've always been curious about what lies behind the WELL's paywall nowadays. I fear the answer is likely not much, but searching through their archives could be fascinating.

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