[WikiEN-l] Microsoft kills Encarta

[Jussi-Ville Heiskanen]

Nathan wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 4:45 AM, Carcharoth <carcharothwp at googlemail.com>wrote:
>
>   
>> Agreed. Though is it annoying when you see people working on things to
>> address this, and then see critics, who inspired some people, carry on
>> criticising the meta-processes, instead of supporting efforts made to
>> improve those meta-processes. Cynicism on your part, maybe, but please
>> don't infect people trying to change things.
>>
>>
>>     
> There's change, and then there is the seeming of change. I don't think its
> cynical to oppose processes that appear to be helpful, but may actually set
> progress back. On the particular issue I assume you refer to, that Scott of
> all people opposes it should be a major cause for reflection on the part of
> those who support it.
>
> On the Library of Alexandria - the failure of a community to protect a
> knowledge resource is something that seems to take a form appropriate to the
> age. I don't think Wikipedia will find such a dramatic end, though; the
> problems we face are ultimately common ones. We're organized as an unlimited
> number of committees, and all the downfalls of governance by committee and
> direct democracy are thus multiplied. Even the founders of the U.S., as
> afraid as they were of the power of a monarch, understood the need for an
> executive leadership.
>
> Nathan
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