Microsoft shutting down Encarta, why not release it under Creative Commons?

Last night I used Live search to find more information on ’stamp value’.. And this is one of the many results:

It even had multimedia, I got to click on a picture of a windsurfer and see a postage stamp sized video of a windsurfer jump a large wave. Cool. Encarta came with the new computer. … Charts, visual explanations, illustrative photos, all these would be useful to add to common and public knowledge. There is value yet in Encarta….

W00t, not exactly what I was looking for, but a good read nevertheless.

Peter King Wants To Mop Your Gravy: March 30, 2009 Edition

Now theres a way to get folks excited - tell em right up front that the entire column is the journalistic equivalent of a week-old meatloaf thats … By the way, if you think players are just going to rubber-stamp a 17th game, or 17th and 18th games, your e wrong….

Not exactly what I was looking for, nevertheless still a good read.