Hoi,
All we need to do is what we already do: make our content available for
free. When we are really in their face that we bring neutral information to
everyone, everywhere how and why will they deny us?
Thanks,
GerardM
On 23 August 2013 10:59, Kul Wadhwa <kwadhwa(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
Emmanuel,
I have my concerns as well so we're watching how things unfold for now.
Perhaps to add to Teemu's question (If I could be so bold) how would
internet.org need to evolve to make it worth our time and effort to be
involved?
--Kul
On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 1:49 AM, Emmanuel Engelhart <kelson(a)kiwix.org
wrote:
I'm maybe too pessimistic, but I would be
really surprised if this
project, at any time, really helps to provide an access (neutral) to the
Internet.
More probable: They will try to give a free/cheap access to a set of
their online services and so one do the same like AOL or MSN have tried
to do 15 years ago.
... or like we do with Wikipedia zero... but, to the contrary to this
alliance, Wikimedia has never claimed that they wanted to give access to
the Internet.
So, IMO, this whole story about
internet.org stinks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oFXCXQpJXI
Emmanuel
Le 23/08/2013 10:25, Leinonen Teemu a écrit :
Hi,
Have you noticed the new
internet.org initiative by Facebook, Samsung,
Nokia,
Qualcomm, Ericsson and MediaTek?
"Internet.org is a global partnership between technology leaders,
nonprofits,
local communities and experts who are working together to
bring
the internet to the two thirds of the world’s
population that doesn’t
have
it".[1, 2]
Would it make sense for the WMF's Wikipedia Zero program to collaborate
with
this?
Any comments?
Best regards,
- Teemu
[1]
http://www.internet.org
[2]
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/21/technology/facebook-leads-an-effort-to-lo…
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