Comments on: Wikipedia Version 0.5 available on CD http://blog.xinki.org.uk/2007/04/08/wikipedia-05-ready/ By me, about me Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:38:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: Megger Test Equipment http://blog.xinki.org.uk/2007/04/08/wikipedia-05-ready/#comment-7001 Megger Test Equipment Mon, 21 Jun 2010 16:01:12 +0000 http://blog.xinki.org.uk/2007/04/08/wikipedia-05-ready/#comment-7001 dispenses utilize a perfect website decent Gives appreciate it for the efforts to support me personally dispenses utilize a perfect website decent Gives appreciate it for the efforts to support me personally

]]> By: Gary Kirk http://blog.xinki.org.uk/2007/04/08/wikipedia-05-ready/#comment-16 Gary Kirk Tue, 10 Apr 2007 17:57:15 +0000 http://blog.xinki.org.uk/2007/04/08/wikipedia-05-ready/#comment-16 Don't get me wrong, I do think this is a very good idea, and nice to see such progress. 0.5 will lead to 0.7 and then to 1.0, which I'm sure will not be the end of it :) Don’t get me wrong, I do think this is a very good idea, and nice to see such progress. 0.5 will lead to 0.7 and then to 1.0, which I’m sure will not be the end of it :)

]]> By: Titoxd http://blog.xinki.org.uk/2007/04/08/wikipedia-05-ready/#comment-15 Titoxd Tue, 10 Apr 2007 04:22:48 +0000 http://blog.xinki.org.uk/2007/04/08/wikipedia-05-ready/#comment-15 Why? Because it is a piece of Wikipedia history, of course. ;) No, seriously, you do have it right. The CD's target audience is not editors who make 1000+ edits a month, but rather it is those who a) don't have access to the Internet; b) have limited or unreliable access to the main site; and most importantly, c) those who want <i>static</i> content. Also remember it is Version 0.5, not Version 1.0 - it can be described as a low-profile test version, designed to prevent bugs in larger, more general distributions to come in the future. Why?

Because it is a piece of Wikipedia history, of course. ;)

No, seriously, you do have it right. The CD’s target audience is not editors who make 1000+ edits a month, but rather it is those who a) don’t have access to the Internet; b) have limited or unreliable access to the main site; and most importantly, c) those who want static content.

Also remember it is Version 0.5, not Version 1.0 - it can be described as a low-profile test version, designed to prevent bugs in larger, more general distributions to come in the future.

]]> By: anon http://blog.xinki.org.uk/2007/04/08/wikipedia-05-ready/#comment-14 anon Sun, 08 Apr 2007 22:51:31 +0000 http://blog.xinki.org.uk/2007/04/08/wikipedia-05-ready/#comment-14 The CD version of Wikipedia 0.5 has many long term goals. For now it is a 'test run' of course, and it will provide content for those who cannot pay the bandwidth cost of having a consistent live version. It'll definitely help the sneaker nets out there (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sneaker_net) - carrying a WP dump on an HD isn't as easy to carry as the Wikipedia 0.5 CD. For those of you with bandwidth to spare, download, seed and enjoy the torrent versions: http://thepiratebay.org/tor/3658466/Wikipedia_Release_Version_0.5 http://thepiratebay.org/tor/3658470/Wikipedia_Release_Version_0.5_(bz2) The CD version of Wikipedia 0.5 has many long term goals. For now it is a ‘test run’ of course, and it will provide content for those who cannot pay the bandwidth cost of having a consistent live version. It’ll definitely help the sneaker nets out there (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sneaker_net) - carrying a WP dump on an HD isn’t as easy to carry as the Wikipedia 0.5 CD.

For those of you with bandwidth to spare, download, seed and enjoy the torrent versions:

http://thepiratebay.org/tor/3658466/Wikipedia_Release_Version_0.5
http://thepiratebay.org/tor/3658470/Wikipedia_Release_Version_0.5_(bz2)

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