The open source community's Wikipedia may have caused the demise of Microsoft's Encarta. Microsoft have announced that Encarta is will be discontinued from June 2009. This will not have come as a surprise to the millions of people that use Wikipedia everyday.
Wikipedia's unique model of allowing anyone to update entries means that it is always going to be more up to date than any commercial package. The popularity of Wikipedia was clearly documented when they managed to raise $6 Million in donations, including $3 Million in just 10 days.
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