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- From: IYI4DTN@MVS.OAC.UCLA.EDU (Gann Matsuda)
- Subject: Re: * America On-Line vs. Prodigy vs. Genie...which one??
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- Date: 13 Aug 92 00:42:19 PDT
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- In article <aland.713648165@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu>, on 12 Aug 1992 19:36:05 GMT,
- aland@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu (Alan D.) writes:
-
- >AOL lets you do almost anything without having to memorize keywords.
- >You can configure the software to do it. This software is the lowest
- >common denominator. They can set the system up to do whatever they
- >want, knowing it won't break anyone's terminal program. CI$ can't.
- >They are limited to supporting TTY &/or VT100 for the most part,
- >unless people spend an additional $10 - $80 for CIM or Navigator.
-
- Well, from what I've seen, that's true. I refuse to use CI$ because it
- is too expensive. I've been on GEnie for five years now and I've
- stuck with it, despite the lack of a GUI front-end/navigator.
-
- The biggest problem with AOL is that their software is cleverly
- designed to be easy to use, but also to KEEP you online, spending
- your $$. Version 2.0 is a little better in this regard than 1.0,
- however. But at least AOL can say they have a decent front-end.
-
- Gann Matsuda
- Games Sysop
- GEnie Macintosh User's Group Roundtable
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