Published at LXer:
Michael Geist writes: "In the years before the emergence of the Internet, three online service providers battled in the United States for market supremacy. America Online (later AOL), Prodigy and Compuserve each adopted "walled garden" strategies that pinned their hopes on exclusive content to attract large subscriber bases." History has shown that "walled gardens" don't work (except if you're a gardener!).
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