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I liked Stuart's comment re:shovelware. Was a time when Encarta
represented a large threat (or so it was told) to other English speaking
countries. As it was free it was feared that it would become the
main "multimedia" resource for this kind of information. The
default if you will. Saved by the net. Again.<br><br>
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Cheers - Sam<br><br>
At 11:23 AM 5/3/2009, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">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. <br><br>
-- <br>
Devin Monnens<br>
<a href="http://www.deserthat.com">www.deserthat.com</a><br><br>
The sleep of Reason produces monsters.<br>
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