Staying AliveCompuServe may not be going the way of the dinosaur after all.
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Big changes are afoot at CompuServe, the pioneering onlineservice that in recent years found itself falling ever furtherbehind online leader AOL. The biggest change: Last fall,AOL bought CompuServe, insisting it plans to maintain theservice as a separate name. Along the way, CompuServesurrendered to Net economics and announced a flat-rate,unlimited usage plan--$24.95 monthly. (Some areas, especiallyresearch archives, continue to have a la carte pricing wheremembers pay extra for what they use.)
But the biggest news for nonmembers is that CompuServe isputting most of its prized interactive discussion and informationforums on the Web, including information-rich bulletin boardsfilled with savvy tips and insights posted by users.About 1,400 CompuServe forums--on everything frommarketing and running a home business to technical,computer-oriented topics--are slated to open to viewing bynonmembers in early 1998. Reading the boards is free; postingmessages requires a CompuServe membership.
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