G'day David,
2011 articles? On CD ROM? The numbers of PCs with a CD-ROM drive but without an internet connection is probably not very high. Now if this was a _printed_ copy then it would be more useful to developing countries. The motives behind this are commendable, but I don't see it working in practice.
I disagree. You may be confusing "with Internet connection" with "capable of connecting to the Internet".
I have a laptop in my bedroom that has no Internet connection (it has a modem, and an ethernet card, but neither are connected to anything), but no CD-ROM ...