A heads-up from Jimmy Wales:
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Betreff: Re: [Offline-l] openZIM Developers Meeting 2010 in Strasbourg
Datum: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 06:53:28 +0100
Von: Jimmy Wales <jwales(a)wikia-inc.com>
Hi everyone!
My original dream for Wikipedia was to create and distribute a free
encyclopedia to every single person on the planet, in their own
language. This is the dream that has inspired hundreds of millions of
readers, millions of editors, and thousands of developers.
Your work here is among the most important and most exciting things
going on in the wiki world, for multiple reasons. First the obvious:
this work will make it possible for the next billion people to see
Wikipedia on offline devices and mobile devices much sooner than they
would see it if they had to wait for Internet access.
But there is a more subtle effect - one thing we know is that writers
love to have readers. Many people who speak languages of the developing
world and have access to the Internet may not think to write in their
home language, because they don't think many people will see it. As
more people get access to read, there will be more motivations to write.
To sum up: you all have my heartfelt personal thinks. Your work is
important, and I am honored to work by your side.
--Jimbo
On 10/19/10 7:42 PM, Manuel Schneider wrote:
Thanks, we are all looking forward seeing this happen
;-)
Am 19.10.2010 19:45, schrieb Erik Moeller:
> congratulations to a successful meeting. We'll be talking about the
> PediaPress project later this week and will post an update here when
> there are things to report. :-)
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