I believe a careful reading of the FAQ, while a buzzkill, casts doubt on
Encarta's content being released:
"Microsoft's vision is that everyone around the world needs to have access
to quality education, and *we believe that we can use what we’ve learned and
assets we’ve accrued with offerings like Encarta to develop future
technology solutions*. In doing so, we feel strongly that we are making the
right investments that will help make our vision a reality."
On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 8:57 PM, Austin Hair <adhair(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 1:48 AM, Maria Fanucchi
<marialadouce(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
Let's hope some of their material can be
released (I'm hoping
specifically
for some of the multimedia, such as snippets of
music made with rare
instruments, and the sound files of letters, numbers and various phrases
said in many languages, by native speakers).
I second that. Even now, when I think about Encarta, the first thing
that comes to mind is a recording they had of a Baroque piece played
on the harpsichord. (Not that that's rare, but they did do a great
job deciding what pieces warranted multimedia presentation, and they
had some good ones.)
Austin
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