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- Starting with the 2001 version, it was integrated into the main Encarta Reference Suite.
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Until 2005, Encarta came in three primary software editions: Standard, Deluxe, and Reference Library (called Reference Suite until Encarta 2002) (price and features in that order).
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Encarta was offered in a bundled reference suite edition, which included a reference library and an interactive atlas, beginning in 1997; it also remained available as a stand-alone product.
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Microsoft saw an opportunity that created a solution to outdated printed encyclopedias, so in 1985, it began working on a digital version that would eventually be called Encarta.
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The CD-ROM was the innovation that made it possible. Photo: Jereme Rauckman In 1985, the CD-ROM was announced, offering hundreds of megabytes of read-only memory in a compact disc format. Grolier quickly issued a text-only version of the Academic American Encyclopediafor $200. It sounded like a bargain compared to the $650 print version, but a CD-R...
Nearing the end of 1993, Microsoft Encarta pricing was reduced to $99 for the holiday season. By the end of the year, it had become the best-selling CD encyclopedia with 350,000 copies. The price was never raised again, and the 1994 Edition was quickly released. But what made the early versions of Encarta more attractive than a printed encyclopedia...
At first, it looked like the prevalence of the internet would make Encarta even more relevant. Encarta 97 offered monthly updates for a year to those willing to pay. The 2 CD Deluxe edition included twice as much multimedia content (including 360-degree images), and could offer 5,000 web links as it got the updates for no extra cost. The Encarta Vi...
The following year, the English edition of Wikipedia surpassed Encarta in number of articles, reaching 100,000 in January 2003. The free encyclopedia kept doubling its size the following 4 years, growing to around 1.5 million articles by 2006 thanks to its seemingly unlimited manpower (and much lower quality standards). Drawbacks like the lack of c...
Sep 25, 2001 · REDMOND, Wash., Sept. 25, 2001 — Microsoft Corp. today launched Encarta® Reference Library 2002, the latest and most comprehensive resource from Encarta, the best-selling reference brand worldwide and the No. 1 reference brand in U.S. schools.*
Jun 30, 2009 · Encarta was conceived pre-Web and had a long gestation. In 1985, Bill Gates envisioned a CD-ROM encyclopedia as a “high-price, high-demand” product with the potential of becoming as profitable to Microsoft as Word or Excel.
Jun 27, 2002 · Encarta Reference Library 2003 also offers a complete suite of current information, including Encarta Encyclopedia Deluxe 2003, Encarta Interactive World Atlas, Encarta Dictionary and Thesaurus, and Encarta Africana.
