Subject	hate to break it to you, but prodigy is facebooks
Posted by	Adam (NoVA) on February 15, 2011 at 6:25 AM
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In Reply To	Prodigy was never relevant. (n/m) posted by ZiNnYc on February 15, 2011 at 04:30 AM
Message	great-great-great-grandfather. They were the first to provide a GUI and develop online communities. In a time when BBS's were disconnected, local word of mouth basement ventures, prodigy found a way to turn a dime (that means make money) by bringing people together via technology. There were attempts at creating centralized 'nets' of BBS's, FidoNET being the most popular, and for a while it was pretty amazing to exchange messages on a public forum with folks over the course of a few days. I mean, we were actually beating the USPS in delivery time! I could send an e-mail to a friend in california and expect that he would have it in, depending on when I sent it, 24 hours or less! Prodigy brought all of that, along with a coherent GUI to a central point and you could get mail and exchange ideas in minutes. They were the first, so yes, they were incredibly relevant. Believe it or not, there was a time when "the internets" were not as ubiquitous as they are today, and there were other means of communication in the world. I never used it, stuck to free BBS's as I was only 13 or 14 (talking early 90's), and had no disposable income. But Prodigy, CompuServe, AOL, etc. were incredibly relevant at the time. +++ 1993 Ultra Red Z32 TT Convertible 2003 R50 2+2 4WD "boobies have power" - Bernie(NoVA)
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