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[mish <mishd@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> >   * Wikipedia
> >
> > One of the most popular websites in the world, this is a free content
> > encyclopedia. They provide database dumps so you can create a CD or DVD
> > of static HTML pages. People can then distribute this disc and everyone
> > can have an encyclopedia on their desktop. Camara ( http://www.camara.ie
> > ) has been distributing a skinned wikipedia for a few years and it's
> > very succeful and popular.
> >
> > You could make a selection of wikipedia, or the whole thing. What would
> > be the size of it?

A friend of mine spent some time looking into this and wrote it up at:

http://tinderblog.wordpress.com/2008/11/21/offline-wikipedia/

http://tinderblog.wordpress.com/2008/12/01/offline-wikipedia-part-2/

The first one in particular has a list of various approaches he found.

Hamish