Why Eccentra?

Way back in the mid-1990s, it was an overheard mispronunciation of Encarta, and I just liked the idea. I wouldn't pay for Encarta; in fact, if you gave me a copy I'm not sure I'd even install it. What I really wanted was Eccentra: an encyclopaedia that would go off on interesting tangents. Type in "Henry VIII" and, instead of getting a tedious list of dates, wives, and so on, you'd be presented with instructions for starting a religion, a recipe for roast swan, and a list of syphilitic celebrities. Now that I'd pay for.

Of course, now we have Wikipedia and Google, and filling in the blanks is just a Simple Matter of Programming.