Not mentioned: Microsoft Instruments, a wonderful way to experience music snippets from instruments around the world, which was killed via absorption into Encar

Not mentioned: Microsoft Instruments, a wonderful way to experience music snippets from instruments around the world, which was killed via absorption into Encarta. (I never owned Windows, so I never played with Encarta; it's possible the same experience was achievable, but I like dedicated software to play with when there's no real advantage to integrating it into a larger ecosystem.)