Well, that's the long-term plan of Wikipedia....
ac
Subbiah Arunachalam wrote:
Why should we not have a free copy of Wikipedia in all low-cost
computers meant for individuals, schools and other public access centres
in the rural areas of developing countries?
Arun
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Subject: [DDN] Jimmy Wales announces Wikipedia/$100 laptop alliance,
Wikiversity, Wikiwyg
Today at the second annual Wikimania conference, Wikipedia founder
Jimmy Wales announced that MIT's $100 laptops will all include a copy
of Wikipedia. He also announced the launch of Wikiversity, an online
community for generating learning materials, and Wikiwyg, a
easy-to-use interface for editing Wikipedia, developed in conjunction
with SocialText.
More here:
http://www.andycarvin.com/archives/2006/08/jimmy_wales_announce.html
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