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CompuServe's Forums Are Closing On December 15 (fastcompany.com)

Posted by msmash on from the thanks-for-all-the-fish dept.

harrymcc writes: In the era before the web, the forums on CompuServe were indispensable for everything from getting tech questions answered to chatting about movies. They still exist, albeit in diminished form. But Oath, which owns AOL, which owns what's left of CompuServe, is about to finally shut them down. I wrote about the sad news for Fast Company.

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  1. Re:Those weren't the days by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Just in case you weren't joking, here's the link from ten days ago: Appeals Court Rules SCO v IBM case can continue

  2. Re:In the era before the INTERNET by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Compuserve predates public access to the internet. After Compuserve and before the web, people communicated through USENET and IRC. Then there was a brief moment before the web turned into a brochure, but that's hardly significant.

    You young kiddies... Back in my day, we used FIDOnet BBS to communicate.