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Note: Headnote: The first major commercial online service gave many consumers their initial exposure to e-mail and Internet connectivity.
CompuServe, the first major online commercial service, has been shut down by AOL.
The announcement that the Internet service, which has had several iterations and name changes since its earliest origins in 1969, was closed brought a wave of nostalgic messages from users of the once-dominant service. Many of its subscribers are planning to cling to the service.
Begun in 1969 as Compu-Serve Network in Columbus, Ohio, it became...