Wikipedia hardcopy for the developing world

By at 5:54 am Tuesday, Nov 1

Jimmy Wales is talking about doing print deals to run parts of Wikipedia as print volumes to disseminate where computers are scarce -- in the developing world:
Entries from Wikipedia, the popular free online encyclopedia written and edited by Internet users, may soon be available in print for readers in the developing world, founder Jimmy Wales said on Monday...

"I have always liked the idea of going to print because a big part of what we are about is to disseminate knowledge throughout the world and not just to people who have broadband," Wales said by telephone from St. Petersburg, Florida.

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