Bottom line: we need a local distribution network / evangelist. The Cuban government has done it with Kiwix in their local Youth Computer Clubs and it did wonders. It also gave it the added value of government-approval, so people wouldn’t have to second-guess the quality of the product (not to mention its political acceptance). People are fundamentally risk-adverse and there needs to be a form of validation, either by authority or peers.
SCM > Le 25 déc. 2018 à 00:24, Samuel Klein <[email protected]> a écrit : > > Thoughts: > > 1) pitching the idea, and creating language, around distributing sets of > 5-10. bundle so that shipping is half the total cost of a set. > Networks of people who all share one point of contact who knows how to update > or troubleshoot them have more meaningful access and a better experience (and > lower total cost of ownership). > > 2) lack of awareness tracks marginal cost for local groups. $30 for a > school or clinic, including travel time for the person dropping it off --> > something I would do for every clinic + nursing school + other school in a > district. Lower cost makes it reasonable for a graduating class of nurses + > doctors to all have one to take with them to their next place of work. > > 3) tipping points of awareness in a region make use + communication about > nodes more reliable, more useful (general purpose; not just in one location) > -- and lead to better feedback about types + languages of content most needed > that is still not included. > > 4) maps of where these are desired but not available, so that others can > send them, is a parallel need that can offset unit costs. Plenty of people > want to help complete delivery to points on such maps (including UN orgs > trying to provision global information goods). > > On Sun, Dec 23, 2018 at 7:14 PM James Heilman <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > As the price of hardware continues to drop the financial barriers to health > information for all continue to fall. We are now able to package and ship an > offline version of Wikipedia in multiple languages for around 40 USD. And we > have sent out nearly 250 units in just over a year. > > The question now is what are the remaining barriers to widespread > distribution and access? Is it a lack of awareness among those who need this > technology? Is it still too expensive? Are people looking for different types > of content? Or maybe different languages? > > Peoples thoughts? > -- > James Heilman > MD, CCFP-EM, Wikipedian > _______________________________________________ > Offline-l mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/offline-l > <https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/offline-l> > > > -- > Samuel Klein @metasj w:user:sj +1 617 529 4266 > _______________________________________________ > Offline-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/offline-l
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