Delirium wrote:
Jimmy (Jimbo) Wales wrote:
I just wanted to add that for me, a huge part of
the motivation for
what we are doing is people who are not going to be able to get online
reliably for years or decades to come. Paper is still the cheapest
way to distribute content in many parts of the world.
Is that really true?
So I am told by people "on the ground" in Africa. There is a
desperate need for books that kids can take home. Many people have to
travel two hours or more to reach a location with a computer. Don't
underestimate how bad things are there.
It is very likely that our content will be more useful as WikiReaders
on topics of specific interest to those customers than as a straight
general encyclopedia.
--Jimbo