Microsoft to kill Encarta later this year
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Tip: Click here to update all your PC's outdated driversMicrosoft has announced that it is discontinuing its Encarta line of products. The software products will be gone by June 2009 and the website will go down October 31, 2009.
When I first saw this, I had to do a double take. I made sure it wasn't April 1 at least three times before I conceded. While looking around Encarta's homepage today, I stumbled on a message that Microsoft was getting rid of MSN Encarta completely: "On October 31, 2009, MSN Encarta Web sites worldwide will be discontinued, with the exception of Encarta Japan, which will be discontinued on December 31, 2009. Additionally, Microsoft will cease to sell Microsoft Student and Encarta Premium software products worldwide by June 2009." Looks like employees at Wikipedia and Encyclopaedia Britannica will be throwing parties tonight.
This is all on the FAQ page because Microsoft wants to clarify why it is doing this. The software giant says that the "category of traditional encyclopedias and reference material has changed" and that "people today seek and consume information in considerably different ways." It doesn't go into more detail, e.g., lack of sales or Wikipedia's tremendous growth. The company, however, does mention that it will "develop future technology solutions" but doesn't say anything beyond that. For those users with Encarta on MSN Explorer, the October 31 kill date still applies.
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Comments(5)
damn microsoft student 2009 is a great program =(
well, i must admit i've been a huge fan of ms encyclopedia but found myself looking for
information on the internet instead of opening the program.
get outta ere darky!
they do it! encarta is full of inaccuracies, more than wikipedia...
i have read a lot of your comments on here, most are worthless tripe and make no sense to
anyone but you. perhaps you need to spend your spare time making obsene phone calls.
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Damn, too bad
By NoctheniK on 31.03.2009 - 00:03