[Foundation-l] Encarta is dead

[Ziko van Dijk]

The Encarta people were very unprecise about what they are going to do in
future...
So, this means that there remains no big encyclopedia but ours? Except
Britannica? And what about the situation in French, Italian etc., has anyone
an overview about that?
Then I also ask myself in how far this evolution is to be credited mainly to
Wikipedia, or has it been "the Internet" in general that killed the
dead-tree-encyclopedias. I remember that in 1999 or 2000 I already did not
buy a paper encyclopedia because of the Internet.
Kind regards
Ziko


2009/3/31 Maria Fanucchi <marialadouce at gmail.com>

> RIP Encarta.
> For better or for worse, it was for many people, especially children, the
> first encyclopedia they ever encountered. It may eventually have sparked
> the
> interest of, and inspired, more than a few Wikipedians.
> Let's hope some of their material can be released (I'm hoping specifically
> for some of the multimedia, such as snippets of music made with rare
> instruments, and the sound files of letters, numbers and various phrases
> said in many languages, by native speakers).
> Maria
> [[User:Arria Belli]]
>
> 2009/3/31 David Moran <fordmadoxfraud at gmail.com>
>
> > Well wow.
> >
> > FMF
> >
> >
> >
> > 2009/3/31 shi zhao <shizhao at gmail.com>
> >
> > > Oh, M$........
> > >
> > > 2009/3/31 Milos Rancic <millosh at gmail.com>
> > >
> > > > Encarta is dead [1]. Anyone willing to talk with Microsoft about
> > > > getting materials for Wikipedia?
> > > >
> > > > [1] - http://encarta.msn.com/guide_page_FAQ/FAQ.html
> > > >
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