“Top down hierarchies make communication work when it is expensive, I hope that wiki can be a flagship in this move in the industry to produce computer support for this kind of work and evolve organizational forms.”

—  Ward Cunningham

Crucible of Creativity (2005)

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American computer programmer who developed the first wiki 1949

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