[Foundation-l] Re: Hosting scans of the 1911 Britannica onWikimedia

[Brian]

Well, I agree that it should be easily downloadable, so maybe a torrent 
could be set up as well, I don't know. But the main option for now 
should be to display the images. Since every page is indexed properly, 
people won't have to search around trying to find the right page. If 
they can spell what they're looking for, the exact page can be found 
immediately. This is ideal for people with slower connections.


Anthony DiPierro wrote:

>On 11/9/05, Brian <brian0918 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>Each volume is about 150-200MB. I don't see too many people lining up to
>>download that much just to get one specific illustration they want to
>>add to a Wikipedia article. We're trying to make the encyclopedia not
>>only freely available, but easily accessible. Bittorrent or any such
>>middle-man is just another easily-avoidable layer of difficulty for the
>>end-user.
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> I don't see too many people downloading it either, as long as it's still in
>image form. I just think bittorrent would make it easier to download for
>those who do want to download it. It'd be nice if the database dumps were
>available this way as well.
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