Encarta Encyclopedia Free Software File

: It originally debuted at $395 , though this price quickly dropped to $99 as it became frequently bundled with new multimedia PCs.

: An abridged online version offering around 16,000 articles for free to students and teachers. Encarta Encyclopedia Free Software

Microsoft announced the discontinuation of Encarta in March 2009, citing shifts in how people consume information. Microsoft Encarta Retrospective : It originally debuted at $395 , though

Encarta was born from Microsoft's internal project in the late 1980s. After being rejected by Encyclopædia Britannica , Microsoft licensed text from Funk & Wagnalls Encyclopedia for its initial 1993 release. : It originally debuted at $395