Keith Old wrote:
On 3/24/06, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
Seen this?
http://store.britannica.com/jump.jsp?itemID=114&itemType=CATEGORY&iM...
You can get the full Britannica DVD for US$25!
At that sort of price, I'm tempted to get one myself, not least to say to journalists that I'm not only a fan but I bought a copy ...
And they're clearing this at US$20:
http://store.britannica.com/shopping/product/detailmain.jsp?itemID=247&i...
Anyone with dreams of a printed Wikipedia 1.0 should look at this and think how we can get there.
I can actually have access to the academic edition through the Canberra public library system for free through my Library card. For me, Britannica is the free encyclopedia that I can't edit. It comes in handy for researching articles from time to time though.
Free as in beer, you mean. I've heard that 1911 was the best though, and that lots of stuff that /was/ in that version has been trimmed or removed since, due to a lack of paper.