Re: [WikiEN-l] NYT on history of Encarta

[FT2]

He points to the emergence of the free mass-information economy as the
reason; within that both google and Wikipedia were key players, but it
was the emergence of the structure itself that he identifies as key,
more than any given embodiment of it.

FT2

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Re: [WikiEN-l] NYT on history of Encarta

[WJhonson]

In a message dated 5/2/2009 1:16:39 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
oskarsigvards...@gmail.com writes:


 It's entirely plausible to conceive of a world where
 wikipedia didn't exist and Encarta would be listed as the first hit
 when you searched for James Clerk Maxwell, or whatever you were
 interested in. The reason that they're not is simply because Wikipedia
 is better.
 



I don't know if I buy the implication that the first hit is the one people 
*like*.  Often on the first page of hits I will pick the second, third, or 
fifth one, simply because I recognize it as a quality link.  Oftentimes the 
first hit I recognize right away as something that going to be useless for 
me.

Will





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Re: [WikiEN-l] NYT on history of Encarta

[Ray Saintonge]

David Gerard wrote:
 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/03/business/03digi.html?_r=1

 By Randall Stross. He blames Google, not Wikipedia, for Encarta's demise.

   
The obituary fails to state where to send flowers.

Ec

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