What came first : Encarta or Wikipedia?
I remember using encarta a long time ago and it was really nice. But its closure is somehow related to Wikipedia arriving on the scene. Interesting reading ahead, was Wikipedia an original concept or an extension?
Encarta is older http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encarta http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia#History On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 3:32 PM, aki <aki275@gmail.com> wrote:
I remember using encarta a long time ago and it was really nice. But its closure is somehow related to Wikipedia arriving on the scene. Interesting reading ahead, was Wikipedia an original concept or an extension?
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I would say it depends on how you look at it. Would open collaboration be considered an extension to the traditional process of gathering of info or were the gathering rules rewritten? _______________________________________________ *Good judgement comes from Experience.* *Most of that comes from Bad Judgement.* _______________________________________________ * * 2011/11/29 aki <aki275@gmail.com>
I remember using encarta a long time ago and it was really nice. But its closure is somehow related to Wikipedia arriving on the scene. Interesting reading ahead, was Wikipedia an original concept or an extension?
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What came first, Encarta or Britannica? Social networks have been the demise of many traditional services. It's not only social networks, things change. Today's leader will not be tomorrow's unless you are in Africa. Do you remember when yahoo used to sell mail space? Gmail changed that. Windows destroyed IBM's business strategy, C++ improved C, everything changes. These days studies and observations on change have led to the conclusion that, you change or get kicked out. Encarta was too slow to change. I'm sure it can exist as something else, with a different strategy. Remember, encarta was microsoft's foray into encyclopedias, however, http://www.britannica.com/ adopted and are now strong and healthy. Oh, was Encarta an original concept? On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 3:41 PM, James Nzomo <kazikubwa@gmail.com> wrote:
I would say it depends on how you look at it. Would open collaboration be considered an extension to the traditional process of gathering of info or were the gathering rules rewritten?
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2011/11/29 aki <aki275@gmail.com>
I remember using encarta a long time ago and it was really nice. But its closure is somehow related to Wikipedia arriving on the scene. Interesting reading ahead, was Wikipedia an original concept or an extension?
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