In fact, an updated version was released last month, able to solve equations, draw graphs, do calculus, and more. Surprise! Microsoft Mathematics survived. When Encarta was discontinued two years ago, slain by the Wikipedia juggernaut, most of the pieces of Microsoft Student died with it. At that time the main attraction was Microsoft Encarta, the rich multimedia encyclopedia that ended the reign of bound encyclopedias and flourished for more than a decade. Microsoft Math was one of the components of a bigger suite marketed as Microsoft Student, introduced in 2006.
