News: AT&T May Drop PersonaLink. The growing use of
the Internet backbone by companies and individuals may have doomed
AT&T's PersonaLink communications network according to a 10K form
filed with the SEC by AT&T's partner in the deal, General Magic. The
disclosure was mandated by law because, if AT&T does scrap the
deal it would be a significant blow to General Magic. The PersonaLink
network was to be the only commercial online service to use
"intelligent agents" developed as part of General Magic's proprietary
Telescript software. The intelligent agents would be used by
PersonaLink subscribers to collect information and monitor the Net for
specified materials and deliver them to the subscriber. MORE.
4/4/96.
But, see Tom Hershenson's
comments on this story. 5/14/96