 eWorld was a short-lived group of online services launched by Apple Computer in June 1994. The services included email (eMail Center), news, and a bulletin board system (Community Center). Users of eWorld were often referred to as "ePeople". eWorld was considered too expensive, was marketed infrequently, and consequently failed to attract a high number of subscribers. The service was only available on the Apple Macintosh, despite promises that it would be available to Windows users by 1995. On March 31, 1996, at 12:01 am Pacific Time, the service was officially shut down. Image File history File links Eworldlogo. ...
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History
In the early 1990s online services were becoming widely popular, just as Apple was looking into replacing their aging online service known as AppleLink. AppleLink had originally been developed at the urging of John Ebbs, Apple's head of support, who convinced the management that they could lower support costs using an online service. AppleLink had initially been available only to dealers when it launched in 1985, but was later opened to developers and became the de-facto internal e-mail service within Apple. The 1990s decade refers to the years from 1990 to 1999, inclusive. ...
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The downside was that the service cost a lot to run. The "back end" was hosted by GE Information Services who charged Apple about $300,000 a year, as well as charging the end users up to $15 for daytime access to the system. Apple had tried to negotiate a better rate on several occasions, but GE knew that switching would cost Apple even more, and refused to lower the costs.
So Apple went ahead and started to switch anyway. Before the advent of eWorld, Apple had started a consumer-oriented online support service known as AppleLink Personal Edition. Related to the older system in name only, this service was run by Quantum Computer Services, who earlier had established the Q-Link online service for the Commodore 64 personal computer. Quantum's Steve Case moved to California for three months to convince Apple to let Quantum run their new consumer service. In 1987 Apple allowed Quantum to run the service and granted them use of the Apple logo. Apple received a 10 percent royalty for all the system's users while Quantum generated revenue by running the service. ...
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The ideologies of the companies soon clashed. Quantum wanted to bundle the AppleLink software with new Macs and distribute it through direct marketing. At the time Apple did not believe in giving away non-system software for free. That, coupled with Apple's strict design guidelines, caused Quantum to eventually terminate their contract. Steve Case had, however, negotiated a rather beneficial contract, granting Quantum rights to the use of the Apple logo and preventing Apple from marketing its own online service.
In 1991 Quantum was renamed America Online and the service was opened up to PC and Macintosh users. Apple wanted out of their contract with GE, which was costing them far more money than it was saving, and wanted to provide their own Mac-only competition to AOL's service. They canceled their GE contract and formed an Online Services Group. The group licensed the original AppleLink Personal Edition software from AOL and developed into what would be known as eWorld. The group also struck a deal with AOL to help develop the service and spent 1993 working on the new software and various services to be offered. 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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On January 5, 1994, Apple announced eWorld at Apple Fest. On June 20 of that year the service went into full operation. The eWorld service was a combination of the vast technical and support archives of the previous AppleLink services and a more traditional community service like AOL and CompuServe. The eWorld service was Mac-only but a Windows version was promised to appear in 1995, however it never left the early beta stage. January 5 is the 5th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Features
 eWorld Web Browser application running under Mac OS 9 The primary portal of the service was the eWorld software. The software was based around a "town hall" theme where each of the service’s branches were individual "buildings". The town hall metaphor made eWorld simple to access and provided users with a strong sense of community. Several Mac software and hardware companies opened up virtual forums on the service to provide customer support and general product information to subscribers. The main eWorld portal also linked up to various news services. The two most widely used parts of eWorld were the eMail Center and Community Center. The Community Center was an online BBS where thousands of ePeople (eWorld users) congregated to chat about various subjects. The eMail Center was a virtual post office and provided most ePeople with their first ever exposure to e-mail. The service also housed reams of support and technical documents. Image File history File links Eworldconnect. ...
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The eWorld Web Browser was an application separate to the main eWorld software program which let users browse web pages on Internet WWW websites. The browser had features for FTP uploading, web images and settings to configure a default homepage address. The eWorld Web Browser only ran on the Mac OS, and only worked with the eWorld Internet Service.
Demise The service cost $8.95 per month, which included two free night-time or weekend hours. Subsequent hours were $4.95 with weekday hours (6 am–6 pm) costing $7.95. Apple kept the price high originally to keep the demand moderated but never dropped the price when the demand did not materialize. After the first year of service eWorld had 90,000 subscribers. In 1995 limited Internet service was made available and as of September 1995 the service had 115,000 subscribers, compared to 3.5 million subscribers of AOL. The weekend is a part of the week lasting one or two days in which most paid workers do not work. ...
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Apple's marketing and promotion efforts were at best indifferent. The service was only available on the Macintosh, along with e-mail only support on the Newton handheld. CEO Michael Spindler ("The Diesel") told the Online Services Group that marketing for the service was not needed and so eWorld shipped on new Macs buried five folders deep. There was also little if anything in the way of media marketing for the service. A majority of Mac users had no idea eWorld even existed and little noise was made in the Mac press over the service. The promised Windows version of eWorld never materialized. The Newton Logo. ...
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Apple's management decided that the product was doomed to fail in a market where AOL had such a commanding lead. The company was also trying desperately to cut costs. In June 1995, the company had over $1 billion in backorders and posted a $68 million loss in the fourth quarter of 1995. In January 1996, Spindler was asked to resign as CEO, replaced by former CEO of National Semiconductor Gil Amelio. Several products and projects were scrapped in an effort to put the company back into the black. 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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On March 31, 1996, at 12:01 am Pacific Time, the service was officially shut down. Remaining eWorld subscribers were offered incentives to switch to AOL, which began hosting Macintosh-oriented content developed with Apple. The eWorld/AppleLink technical support archives moved to Apple's website. When the Online Services Group was disbanded, many of its members left Apple and eventually formed TalkCity. March 31 is the 90th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (91st in Leap years), with 275 days remaining. ...
1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...
External links and references - The Unofficial eWorld Farewell Web Site
- "Apple Computer's eWorld — What AOL could have been" — eWorld screenshots, history and press release
- The end of eWorld
- eWorld article at WikiMac
- TidBITS #231/20-Jun-94 — Apple's eWorld arrives!
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