On Tue, 26 Aug 2003 19:27:44 +0100, Kurt Jansson <jansson(a)gmx.net> gave
utterance to the following:
Every new computer today has a CD-burner, and when 1.0 is ready for
distribution every computer will have a DVD-burner. We just have to
produce some ISO-images and a handbook in PDF ready for print (and some
nice artwork with a "handicraft work guide" (?) for those people who
want "paperboard boxes" (?)).
People can make as many copies for their friends as they like. We can
distribute the process of sending copies to universities or libraries
(like
theopencd.org did) among Wikipedians, especially in developing
countries. No need to order huge amounts from the "press shop" (?).
BTW, I find all this talk about a paper Wikipedia completely useless
(sorry if someone feels offended). It's (much!) too much work, too risky
and I don't see a necessity for it. Can't we talk about this again in
five or ten years when the DVD-version has stabilised and we are sure
that our 50.000 most important articles (and pictures!) have no
copyright violation in them? Book-on-demand production might also be a
bit cheaper than today.
Just my two WikiCent.
Kurt
P.S.: Sorry if I choose some strange word constructions :-)
And in some countries High-speed internet is charged for by data volume
transferred. There is no way I'd be downloading any ISO images on an
account with 1GB/month "free" and the rest at $0.2 ber MB.
--
Richard Grevers
Between two evils always pick the one you haven't tried