Tuesday, July 31, 2007

Diplomats using wiki application to share info

FCW.com
Diplomats are getting into the wiki-collaboration. US State Department employees use the wiki, dubbed "Diplopedia" to share information. “We’re not concerned about authoritativeness as much as we are concerned about utility — if it’s usable people will use it,” said Thomas Niblock Jr., director of the Office of eDiplomacy.

In related Wiki News
VNUNet.com
Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia, has his sights set on creating an open alternative to Google's search engine. "The desire to collaborate and support a transparent and open platform for search is clearly deeply exciting to both open source and businesses,” said Wales.

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