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- From: brucek@Ingres.COM (Bruce Kleinman)
- Subject: Re: PRODIGY New and improved STILL SUCKS, HORRIBLE as before
- Message-ID: <1992Dec18.195909.4306@pony.Ingres.COM>
- Organization: Ingres, an ASK Company, Alameda CA 94501
- References: <9212170305136637@waltham.columbus.oh.us>
- Date: 18 Dec 92 19:59:09 GMT
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- In article <9212170305136637@waltham.columbus.oh.us> scasterg@waltham.columbus.oh.us writes:
- >jd> I chopped out most of this but you get the idea Imran doesn't like Prodigy.
- >jd> Well I feel obliged to respond. I've used Prodigy for a couple of years
- >and
- >jd> like it very much. I tried Compuserve and think it SUCKS! So there you
- >are!
- >jd> What do they say, "different strokes for different folks, etc"?
- >
- >If you don't mind my asking, what in the world do you find to like about it?
- >
- >The commercials? The lack of file download capability? The interface (gag)?
- >The lack of connectivity with the internet? The way it takes over your Mac?
- >
- >There must be something wonderful that I am missing. Sorry to sound sarcastic,
- >but please do elaborate!
- >
-
- The nice thing about Prodigy is the diversity of its user community.
- These people are not all computer jocks, they're not all college
- students and/or grads, they're not all anything in particular, they're
- just regular folks. I enjoy talking to them. Prodigy is not a
- substitute for the Internet -- it's more like talk radio in written
- form. Not for everyone, I suppose, but I wouldn't be without it.
-
- A word about the commercials and commercialism: if you can't stand to
- watch TV because of the commercials, I guess I understand your dislike
- of Prodigy, but like commercial TV, those ads are keeping Prodigy's
- price very reasonable, and like TV, I ignore them most of the time
- anyway. On occasion, however, the various on-line shopping services
- are very useful and convenient, and all in all I'm glad they're there.
-
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