I've been reading about people putting the Wikipedia, statically, on all sorts of devices. The OLPC, and lately the iPod and iPhone... and I have one question.
Why?
The Wikipedia is never done. Its a dynamic, live, collective project. Why would anyone want an old snapshot on their local system? That's like ordering a 1977 copy of the Encyclopedia Britannica.
Come on... just because you can do something doesn't mean it is smart to actually do it. The strength of collaborative works, even those as flawed as the Wikipedia, is that you can see the latest version of something.
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hey, I'd read wiki on my phone on the bus but how much of it could you be able to carry? especially since I browse it in an erratic pattern.
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