Wikipedia’s disruption of encyclopedia space has claimed a victim in microsoft’s encarta.
Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) will discontinue both its MSN Encarta reference Web sites as well as its Encarta software, which have both been surpassed by rising competitors, like Wikipedia. In a message posted on the MSN Encarta Web site, Microsoft says, “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 was not even aware that enacarta is still around. What will be the fate of the revered britannica?