WIKI CD Released in Bangladesh
BdOSN released an Open Content CD
As part of its Open Content Popularization Programme BdOSN has released
a Wikipedia CD for the children. The CD was released at SoftExpo2007 on
30th March 2007. Prof. Dr M Zafar Iqbal unpack the CD Cover after the
Open Source Seminar. In total the CD has 2011 articles, more than 8000
images and over 3.5 million words (equivalent to a 4,000 page book in
text alone). The contents of this CD includes: 549 Wikipedia articles
on places, including countries and capital cities, 599 Wikipedia
articles on plants and animals (including crops, and dinosaurs!), 457
Wikipedia articles on science including the Weather and Space, 405
Wikipedia articles on general knowledge. The original CD was compiled
by SOS UK and BdOSN re-distributing it in Bangladesh.