<story><title>Killed by Microsoft</title><url>https://killedbymicrosoft.info</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>ryan-duve</author><text>I like seeing the list of services, but I wish it was called &amp;quot;Microsoft Graveyard&amp;quot; instead of &amp;quot;Killed by Microsoft&amp;quot;.  Some of those wouldn&amp;#x27;t be around today regardless of the controlling organization, such as Silverlight and Encarta.  To me, &amp;quot;Killed by Microsoft&amp;quot; makes it sound like Microsoft chose to discontinue a product that otherwise would still be &amp;quot;alive&amp;quot; today.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>Mindless2112</author><text>It isn&amp;#x27;t even fair to say that some of these products are dead.  For example, you can still use Microsoft Streets &amp;amp; Trips today, as it&amp;#x27;s from an era when you bought (rather than rented) software.  It&amp;#x27;s just not getting any more updates, so its usefulness diminishes as the road network changes.</text></comment>
<story><title>Killed by Microsoft</title><url>https://killedbymicrosoft.info</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>ryan-duve</author><text>I like seeing the list of services, but I wish it was called &amp;quot;Microsoft Graveyard&amp;quot; instead of &amp;quot;Killed by Microsoft&amp;quot;.  Some of those wouldn&amp;#x27;t be around today regardless of the controlling organization, such as Silverlight and Encarta.  To me, &amp;quot;Killed by Microsoft&amp;quot; makes it sound like Microsoft chose to discontinue a product that otherwise would still be &amp;quot;alive&amp;quot; today.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>detritus</author><text>This does feel like a somewhat bilious [anti-?]fanboy counter to the Google Graveyard website.</text></comment>