Comments on: RIP: Microsoft Encarta

By: Federico Tabbò

Federico Tabbò — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 20:29:09 +0000

Never owned or used Encarta. Enciclopedia Treccani FTW

By: spud

spud — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 04:52:18 +0000

I thank Microsoft for putting it out initially. It was usefull at it’s inception, but like so many other tools it became obsolete. I don’t think it will ever regain its usefullness and It is a smart move by MS to stop supporting it

By: Charles Yin

Charles Yin — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 13:08:19 +0000

I have encarta 2001…and it doesn’t even work anymore…

By: Daniel Aspenbäck

Daniel Aspenbäck — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 03:01:02 +0000

I didn’t even know Encarta still existed, I thought I died a long time ago when google maps walkt into the front light..

By: Tech Tips and Tricks

Tech Tips and Tricks — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:16:33 +0000

Well now I feel old.

I got my first copy of Encarta before the internet was upon me, maybe 1993 or 1994. It contained video and lots of pics and I saw this as the death of encyclopedias at the time. Encarta was definitely a big deal but I have not looked at it since probably 1997.

Getting back to the ‘Great Wikipedia’ we really have to be careful with what we look at as truth. Wikipedia is barely peer reviewed and is so openly editable that you can not always trust the info in there.

By: Victor Martinez

Victor Martinez — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 22:48:24 +0000

It was just a matter of time… this could be the begining of the end of Microsfot Desktop Software…

By: DreadFrogGod

DreadFrogGod — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 20:30:05 +0000

But how could they do this? What will Archer and the Gorgonites do without the resources of Encarta? The Commando Elite will surely find them easier without it…

By: Joshua

Joshua — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:52:23 +0000

I have encarta 2008 it’s very nice i prepare most of my projects through it

By: a-cool-person

a-cool-person — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:34:13 +0000

I never used it, but it could be a good item for schools

By: Steven Lauren

Steven Lauren — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:21:44 +0000

I have also had Encarta discs for a very long time but never used them. However this harkens back to a different age (pre-Wikipedia and pre-internet resources like Britannica in general really). Although I – like so many others – have never used my copies of Encarta either, there was a time when that was one of the most comprehensive references available for Windows. It certainly had it’s day and should be recognized for being what it was when it did… not unlike AOL.

By: Sock Puppeteer

Sock Puppeteer — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 12:57:19 +0000

Put that in your Funk & Wagnall’s!

That of course, is a line from “Rowan & Martin’s Laugh In”.
And Funk & Wagnall’s Encyclopedia was bought by MS & turned into Encarta!
MS also bought Collier’s Encyclopedia.

By: SphereCat1

SphereCat1 — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 12:49:23 +0000

We used to use it in my school and oh my god it was awful. They refuse to let us use Google and Wikipedia like normal people!

By: Paul Reader

Paul Reader — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 12:26:25 +0000

Well around 15 years ago Encarta was an amazing resource of info, on one disc! At the time we didn’t have the net. As you know with the net you can search for everything, with just a click of a button ( No cd’s required) Rip

By: Johann

Johann — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 07:34:24 +0000

This certainly takes me back. I honestly thought they dismantled it a long time ago. Talk about not knowing your customer base. Most of the time when a company lays an egg they get rid of it. Well, at least Microsoft can now use the rotten egg as lawn fertilizer. Makes me think. What else do they have that they need to discard?

By: Barbara Heilman

Barbara Heilman — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 05:26:16 +0000

Encarta was fun back when I had a 4x cd-rom drive and a 1.18 gig hard drive with 8 mb of ram…