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cwyerstoday at 9:54 AM1 replyview on HN

Ironically they had the foresight, they were just too early/didn't execute. They ran an online service (co-owner with IBM and CBS) called Prodigy that competed with AOL and CompuServ, and they tried to do online shopping there.


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nrhrjrjrjtntbttoday at 10:01 AM

Everyone is talking like creating Amazon was some kind of low hanging citrus to be picked from the tree.

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