Comments on: Encyclopædia Britannica http://patriciahysell.wordpress.com/2010/12/06/3957/ On This Day in History Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:31:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Al Rodrigues http://patriciahysell.wordpress.com/2010/12/06/3957/#comment-1106 Mon, 06 Dec 2010 21:32:39 +0000 http://patriciahysell.wordpress.com/?p=3957#comment-1106 Wikipedia, with a 98% share of the online encyclopedia market, has forced Microsoft to shut down Encarta. How long will it be before Wikipedia claims the prize scalp of Encyclopaedia Britannica?

Over the next few years we will see the continued demise of Britannica as it becomes ever less relevant in an open source, Wikipedia-dominated environment.

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