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In article <CB.91Mar21124826@tamarack12.timbuk> cb@tamarack12.timbuk (Chris Brewster) writes:
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>I just hooked up to Prodigy for the first time.  I have two kids and thought its
>family orientation might be useful.  In fact, some of the material intended for
>kids looks pretty good, but I find the service unsatisfactory over-all.
>
[ bunch of description of PRODIGY deleted ]

>at the censor's whim).  Compared with the freewheeling and diverse content of
>Usenet, Prodigy feels like a straitjacket.  I'd be interested to hear other
>people's experiences with, and opinions about, Prodigy.
>

Everything you said is true... PRODIGY is, basically one big advertisement.
But trying to compare Usenet to PRODIGY is like comparing apples and sports
cars.. PRODIGY is designed to be easy and somewhat mindless. Usenet, on the
other hand, is more for research, discussion, etc. Do you have access to
online stores in Usenet? For that matter, does the average American
household have access to Usenet?

So naturally it feels like a straitjacket... 

As for me, well, I like PRODIGY (when I was able to use it over break).
It's fun to play the games, and you can E-Mail people across the
country, without having to have access to Usenet. It's made to be used by
just about anyone without having to learn how to use a modem, etc.

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