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Alex Wafula

23 Feb 2011 23 Feb '11

7:01 a.m.

Hey David, With regards to Openzim and Kiwix, my take is that the Openzim project is mostly involved in the development of zim files while Kiwix is a reader of zim files. Best of luck in the Mombasa pre-visit, do take a look (on wikimedia.or.ke) at Oscar's report on his visit to Kakamega as well as Egerton's on the school's they've visited so far for some pointers on yours. Cheers, Alex. On Tue Feb 22nd, 2011 8:29 PM PST David Mugo wrote:

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Guys, I need to get my info right, which exact days are we looking at for the Mombasa pilot? Anyone else things we need to collect more info other than what is contained in the attached document? Am going to convert the document into a spreadsheet that we can share on Google Docs. Also, I was looking at OpenZIM and to me, it looks more flexible and I would like your comparison views with KIWIX. I plan on starting visits today and finish by Friday. I will have my iPad with me so all visit outcome will be updated on the Google Spreadsheet in real time. David. On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 9:16 PM, Jessie Wild <jwild(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:

Hey everyone! I know I haven't been weighing in often, but I have been tracking your progress and couldn't be more thrilled about all that is happening. On 2/21/2011 2:43 AM, BRANTON OBWARI wrote: *Attention Abbas , i made some observation it looks like in a good number of schools ,computer for schools program has contributed the computers for their labs , and are in touch either with their lab tech or anybody in charge maybe if only we can get in touch with the computer for schools office at mombasa rd it can reduce some expenses associated with pre -visits ,just thinking , See you guys .* This is a good idea. Might be worth talking to Computer for Schools program and seeing if it is possible to do a mass installation of Kiwix onto the computers prior to distribution. Then any visitations you are able to do could be to help train, answer questions, etc. I am not familiar with Computer for Schools, so I am not sure if that is possible or not, but certainly worth discussing. Best, Jessie -- Jessie Wild Special Projects Manager Global Development Wikimedia Foundation _______________________________________________ WikimediaKE mailing list WikimediaKE(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake

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Limoke Oscar

23 Feb 23 Feb

7:07 a.m.

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On the same note, David,could you please share your Wikipedia for Schools Presentation you made at the launch?I am making a presentation for the same and I hope you wont mind sharing... On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 10:01 AM, Alex Wafula <xelawafs(a)yahoo.com> wrote:

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Guys, I need to get my info right, which exact days are we looking at for the Mombasa pilot? Anyone else things we need to collect more info other than what is

contained

in the attached document? Am going to convert the document into a spreadsheet that we can share on Google Docs. Also, I was looking at OpenZIM and to me, it looks more flexible and I

would

like your comparison views with KIWIX. I plan on starting visits today and finish by Friday. I will have my iPad with me so all visit outcome will be updated on the Google Spreadsheet in real time. David. On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 9:16 PM, Jessie Wild <jwild(a)wikimedia.org> wrote: > Hey everyone! > > I know I haven't been weighing in often, but I have been tracking your > progress and couldn't be more thrilled about all that is happening. > > > On 2/21/2011 2:43 AM, BRANTON OBWARI wrote: > > *Attention Abbas , i made some observation it looks like in a good

number

> of schools ,computer for schools program has contributed the computers

for

> their labs , and are in touch either with their lab tech or anybody in > charge maybe if only we can get in touch with the computer for schools > office at mombasa rd it can reduce some expenses associated with pre

-visits

> ,just thinking , > > See you guys .* > > This is a good idea. Might be worth talking to Computer for Schools

program

> and seeing if it is possible to do a mass installation of Kiwix onto the > computers prior to distribution. Then any visitations you are able to

could be to help train, answer questions, etc. I am not familiar with Computer for Schools, so I am not sure if that is possible or not, but certainly worth discussing. Best, Jessie -- Jessie Wild Special Projects Manager Global Development Wikimedia Foundation _______________________________________________ WikimediaKE mailing list WikimediaKE(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake

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David Mugo

7:14 a.m.

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Definitely, Please see the attached document. I think also someone should upload it on the launch page on the wiki. Also, Ann's presentation should be shared, no one got to see it. David. On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 10:07 AM, Limoke Oscar <oslimoke(a)gmail.com> wrote:

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Guys, I need to get my info right, which exact days are we looking at for the Mombasa pilot? Anyone else things we need to collect more info other than what is

contained

in the attached document? Am going to convert the document into a spreadsheet that we can share on Google Docs. Also, I was looking at OpenZIM and to me, it looks more flexible and I

would

wrote:

> Hey everyone! > > I know I haven't been weighing in often, but I have been tracking your > progress and couldn't be more thrilled about all that is happening. > > > On 2/21/2011 2:43 AM, BRANTON OBWARI wrote: > > *Attention Abbas , i made some observation it looks like in a good

number

> of schools ,computer for schools program has contributed the computers

for

-visits

> ,just thinking , > > See you guys .* > > This is a good idea. Might be worth talking to Computer for Schools

program

> and seeing if it is possible to do a mass installation of Kiwix onto

the

> computers prior to distribution. Then any visitations you are able to

> could be to help train, answer questions, etc. > > I am not familiar with Computer for Schools, so I am not sure if that

possible or not, but certainly worth discussing. Best, Jessie -- Jessie Wild Special Projects Manager Global Development Wikimedia Foundation _______________________________________________ WikimediaKE mailing list WikimediaKE(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake

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BRANTON OBWARI

10:26 a.m.

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its cool On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 11:14 PM, David Mugo <raidarmax(a)gmail.com> wrote:

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Guys, I need to get my info right, which exact days are we looking at for the Mombasa pilot? Anyone else things we need to collect more info other than what is

contained

in the attached document? Am going to convert the document into a spreadsheet that we can share on Google Docs. Also, I was looking at OpenZIM and to me, it looks more flexible and I

would

like your comparison views with KIWIX. I plan on starting visits today and finish by Friday. I will have my

iPad

with me so all visit outcome will be updated on the Google Spreadsheet

real time. David. On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 9:16 PM, Jessie Wild <jwild(a)wikimedia.org>

wrote:

number

> of schools ,computer for schools program has contributed the computers

for

-visits

> ,just thinking , > > See you guys .* > > This is a good idea. Might be worth talking to Computer for Schools

program

> and seeing if it is possible to do a mass installation of Kiwix onto

the

> computers prior to distribution. Then any visitations you are able to

> could be to help train, answer questions, etc. > > I am not familiar with Computer for Schools, so I am not sure if that

> possible or not, but certainly worth discussing. > > Best, > Jessie > > -- > Jessie Wild > Special Projects Manager > Global Development > Wikimedia Foundation > > > > > _______________________________________________ > WikimediaKE mailing list > WikimediaKE(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake > > -- ------------- David Mugo, ICT & E-Commerce Consultant, http://majibu.com Twitter: @raidarmax

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Manuel Schneider

8:02 a.m.

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Hi, On 23.02.2011 08:01, Alex Wafula wrote:

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With regards to Openzim and Kiwix, my take is that the Openzim project is mostly involved in the development of zim files while Kiwix is a reader of zim files.

yes - Kiwix uses zimlib by openZIM to access the ZIM files. openZIM has just developped the ZIM file format and a few tools and libraries, so readers or publishers can use the ZIM format easily. openZIM does not make ZIM files and the only zimreader application we have is a command line tool that acts as a webserver - more of an example application. As the idea behind openZIM is all free and open source / standards everyone can look at the code, built upon it etc. Making it a standard means that all offline readers could use the same file format and therefore can freely exchange content (ZIM files) and reader applications (ZIM readers), instead of every offline application having its own, proprietary format. That's our mission: http://openzim.org/Mission_of_openZIM Kiwix is one of the users of openZIM, a ZIM reader: http://openzim.org/ZIM_Readers Emmanuel from Kiwix is currently also the biggest ZIM file creator: http://tmp.kiwix.org/zim/0.9/ /Manuel -- Regards Manuel Schneider Wikimedia CH - Verein zur Förderung Freien Wissens Wikimedia CH - Association for the advancement of free knowledge www.wikimedia.ch

David Mugo

8:11 a.m.

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Thanks for the info. David. On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 11:02 AM, Manuel Schneider < manuel.schneider(a)wikimedia.ch> wrote:

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Hi, On 23.02.2011 08:01, Alex Wafula wrote:

With regards to Openzim and Kiwix, my take is that the Openzim project is

mostly involved in the development of zim files while Kiwix is a reader of zim files. yes - Kiwix uses zimlib by openZIM to access the ZIM files. openZIM has just developped the ZIM file format and a few tools and libraries, so readers or publishers can use the ZIM format easily. openZIM does not make ZIM files and the only zimreader application we have is a command line tool that acts as a webserver - more of an example application. As the idea behind openZIM is all free and open source / standards everyone can look at the code, built upon it etc. Making it a standard means that all offline readers could use the same file format and therefore can freely exchange content (ZIM files) and reader applications (ZIM readers), instead of every offline application having its own, proprietary format. That's our mission: http://openzim.org/Mission_of_openZIM Kiwix is one of the users of openZIM, a ZIM reader: http://openzim.org/ZIM_Readers Emmanuel from Kiwix is currently also the biggest ZIM file creator: http://tmp.kiwix.org/zim/0.9/ /Manuel -- Regards Manuel Schneider Wikimedia CH - Verein zur Förderung Freien Wissens Wikimedia CH - Association for the advancement of free knowledge www.wikimedia.ch _______________________________________________ WikimediaKE mailing list WikimediaKE(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake

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