[Wolves] Encyclopaedia on linux

[Mark Ellse]

James Turner wrote:
> On Wednesday 19 Apr 2006 18:14, Mark Ellse wrote:
>> Would you think that I'm too prejudiced if I say that I don't really
>> want to buy Encarta because it's Microsoft.
>>
>> Perhaps I am bigotted. But if I am I don't care!
> 
> Here's an interesting article comparing Encarta with the good old Encycolpedia 
> Britannica:
> 
> http://ifets.ieee.org/periodical/vol_1_2002/alevizou.html
> 
> One quirk of Encarta that I find amusing is that its different localised 
> editions are not factually consistent with each other. (See under "Encircling 
> the global versus embracing the local" in the above article, for example.) 
> According to urban myth, some of these differences appease local political 
> sensitivities, such as relating to Northern Ireland or Israel/Palestine, 
> although I forget the exact details.
> 
> Perhaps Microsoft has embraced postmodernism to the extent that "The World 
> According To Bill Gates" has no absolute truth?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> James
>
Yes, it is interesting. In a world where we get our 'news' from Murdoch 
and our 'facts' from Gates, isn't it good that we have such a liberal 
and open-minded government to lead us!

Mark