[game_preservation] Encarta dies

[Stuart Feldhamer]

I think you're confusing shareware with shovelware. : )

Stuart


> -----Original Message-----

> From: game_preservation-bounces at igda.org [mailto:game_preservation-

> bounces at igda.org] On Behalf Of Rachel "Sheepy" Donahue

> Sent: Sunday, May 03, 2009 11:30 AM

> To: IGDA Game Preservation SIG

> Subject: Re: [game_preservation] Encarta dies

> 

> Wow.. no more Encarta. That really marks the end of the shareware age

> for

> me. I remember getting a new PC used to be as much fun for the packet

> of

> random disks as it was for the computer itself.

> 

> http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/03/business/03digi.html?hpw

> 

> On Sun, 03 May 2009 11:23:23 -0400, Devin Monnens <dmonnens at gmail.com>

> wrote:

> 

> > The Times has a great article on the history of Encarta, that

> > encyclopedia that came for free when you purchased a Gateway computer

> in

> > the mid-90s and was a staple of universities. The Underdogs used to

> host

> > other similar

> > multimedia CDs from this bygone age, and it's interesting to see how

> the

> > media has changed from then to now. We don't have news clips on sites

> > like Wikipedia or flash animations, just creative commons text,

> images,

> > and the freedom to edit them.

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