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William F. von Meister (February 21, 1942 – May 18, 1995) was an American entrepreneur who founded and participated in a number of startup ventures in the Washington, D.C., area. These included The Source, an early online service and CompuServe competitor, and Control Video Corporation, a predecessor to AOL .
Karl Wilhelm Meister, ab 1896 von Meister, (* 3. Februar 1863 in Frankfurt am Main; † 14. Februar 1935 in Genf) war ein deutscher Politiker und Diplomat. Inhaltsverzeichnis. 1 Leben und Ausbildung. 2 Landrat. 3 Abgeordneter. 4 Regierungspräsident. 5 Aufsichtsrat und Diplomat. 6 Familie. 7 Ehrungen. 8 Literatur. 9 Weblinks. 10 Einzelnachweise.
The first purely consumer on-line service in the United States was The Source. It was founded in 1978 by William von Meister, a local telecommunications entrepreneur who envisioned a ‘home information utility’ that would do for computers what AT&T did for telephones.
28. Feb. 2023 · Learn about the life and achievements of William Von Meister, who founded or co-founded several companies in the early online services industry. He launched The Source and CVC, which later became AOL, and played a key role in the growth of the internet.
17. Juli 2019 · Learn how Bill von Meister created Infocast, a data network that piggybacked on FM radio broadcasts, and other startups in the telecom industry. Read about his vision, challenges and failures in this article by Michael A. Banks.
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26. Apr. 2014 · Learn about the life and achievements of Bill von Meister, the entrepreneur who founded America Online, invented online gaming and music streaming, and challenged Steve Case and Bill Gates. Listen to this episode of Internet History Podcast to discover his wild and visionary story.
AOL began in 1983, as a short-lived venture called Control Video Corporation (CVC), founded by William von Meister. Its sole product was an online service called GameLine for the Atari 2600 video game console, after von Meister's idea of buying music on demand was rejected by Warner Bros. [8] Subscribers bought a modem from the ...
