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 <adh...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 1:48 AM, Maria Fanucchi <marialado...@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 > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
