The problem with having copies on a computer hard drive of the Wikipedia
or any other electronic book is that this is then a static copy of that
tool. The whole idea of the Wikipedia and of a Wiki in general is that
anyone in the audience of that Wiki can modify, rewrite or improve the
content already there. There may be hundreds of changes to the Wikipedia
daily. A static copy of this tool rather than accessing the Wikipedia on
the web would become an outdated copy in very short order, unless a
mechanism is going to exist to connect to the Wikipedia website to have
the content revised online.
Sincerely,
David Dillard
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On Sun, 6 Aug 2006, Andy Carvin wrote:
> Well, that's the long-term plan of Wikipedia....
>
> ac
>
> Subbiah Arunachalam wrote:
> > Why should we not have a free copy of Wikipedia in all low-cost
> > computers meant for individuals, schools and other public access centres
> > in the rural areas of developing countries?
> >
> > Arun
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andy Carvin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: "The Digital Divide Network discussion group"
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Friday, August 04, 2006 7:31 PM
> > Subject: [DDN] Jimmy Wales announces Wikipedia/$100 laptop alliance,
> > Wikiversity, Wikiwyg
> >
> >
> >>
> >> Today at the second annual Wikimania conference, Wikipedia founder
> >> Jimmy Wales announced that MIT's $100 laptops will all include a copy
> >> of Wikipedia. He also announced the launch of Wikiversity, an online
> >> community for generating learning materials, and Wikiwyg, a
> >> easy-to-use interface for editing Wikipedia, developed in conjunction
> >> with SocialText.
> >>
> >> More here:
> >>
> >> http://www.andycarvin.com/archives/2006/08/jimmy_wales_announce.html
> >>
> >> --
> >> ------------------------------
> >> Andy Carvin
> >> acarvin (at) edc . org
> >> andycarvin (at) yahoo . com
> >>
> >> http://www.andycarvin.com
> >> http://www.digitaldivide.net
> >> http://www.pbs.org/learningnow
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