Summary: Microsoft leaves users of Office Accounting pretty much abandoned, Microsoft Encarta shuts down, and Microsoft is said to have just cancelled its Kameo sequel

When Microsoft decided to axe Office Accounting it became ever more evident that Microsoft was not "too big to fail". The latest round of layoffs is further indication of this.

In the news we can now see the fallout of Office Accounting's fatality; not only does Microsoft pull out but it does not provide appropriate help migrating to an alternative, either.

Microsoft angers SMEs by dumping Office Accounting

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Microsoft has decided to discontinue all its Microsoft Office Accounting software products, including its Small Business Accounting package. Bad news for existing users. Especially when Microsoft has only given SMEs six weeks' notice to transer their accounting and payroll to another provider.

There are suggestions that the product might be sold, but either way, Office Accounting seems to be joining a growing list of Microsoft failures. The list of Microsoft's dead products grew a lot in the past year and Microsoft Encarta is now officially over.

IN the end of a Microsoft Legacy, Microsoft Encarta has been has shut down officially today. A message on the main page of the Microsoft owned site has the following:

On October 31, 2009, this Web site, and all other MSN€® Encarta€® Web sites worldwide will be discontinued, with the exception of Encarta Japan, which will be discontinued on December 31, 2009. Additionally, Microsoft will cease to sell Microsoft Student and Encarta Premium software products worldwide by June 2009.

There is another rumour now saying that "Microsoft Cancels Planned Kameo Sequel". Another casualty?

A source close to Rare informed CVG the studio's recent restructuring last February saw the cancellation of several "traditional" franchise sequels, including a follow up to Xbox 360's prettiest launch title, Kameo.

Remember the Halo film? Microsoft cancels a lot of plans these days and Halo is among the victims.⬆