I just took one of those quizzes. I think a 1/5 is bad, right? X!
On Mar 30, 2009, at 6:36 PM [Mar 30, 2009 ], Scientia Potentia est wrote: > Same here. This and the World Book Encyclopedia 2001 CD that I > still have. I did like taking the quizzes Encarta had on their site. > > bibliomaniac15 > > --- On Mon, 3/30/09, Carcharoth <carcharot...@googlemail.com> wrote: > From: Carcharoth <carcharot...@googlemail.com> > Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Microsoft kills Encarta > To: "English Wikipedia" <wikien-l@lists.wikimedia.org> > Date: Monday, March 30, 2009, 3:34 PM > > On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 8:39 PM, David Gerard <dger...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> [spotted by Mathias Schindler] >> >> >> http://encarta.msn.com/guide_page_FAQ/FAQ.html >> >> Important Notice: MSN Encarta to be Discontinued >> 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. We understand that Encarta users may have >> questions regarding this announcement so we have prepared this >> list of >> questions and answers below. Please keep reading if you would like >> more information about these changes to Encarta. > > "Encarta has been a popular product around the world for many years. > However, the category of traditional encyclopedias and reference > material has changed. People today seek and consume information in > considerably different ways than in years past." > > I wonder what different ways they could be talking about? :-) > > "we believe that we can use what we’ve learned and assets we’ve > accrued with offerings like Encarta to develop future technology > solutions" > > So they might try making a comeback in another form? > > I liked Encarta - it was the first real encyclopedia I used. So I feel > a bit torn here. > > Carcharoth > > _______________________________________________ > WikiEN-l mailing list > WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l > > > > > _______________________________________________ > WikiEN-l mailing list > WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l