“Before wikis, computer writing was all about the words. The computer could help you type them, spell them, hyphenate them, size them, shape them, and align them. But when it came to developing your thought, well, you were on your own.”

—  Ward Cunningham

Foreword to Wikis for Dummies

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Ward Cunningham 69
American computer programmer who developed the first wiki 1949

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