“With wiki, you have to trust people more than you have any reason to trust them. In 1995, it was a safer environment, don’t know if I could have launched wiki today.”

—  Ward Cunningham

Crucible of Creativity (2005)

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American computer programmer who developed the first wiki 1949

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