Socialtext
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- For the postmodern cultural studies journal, see Social Text.
Socialtext Incorporated is a company based in Palo Alto, California that produces enterprise social software, including a software platform by the same name. It is run by CEO Ross Mayfield[1] and CTO Peter Kaminski.[2]
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[edit] Products
Socialtext is an enterprise wiki and weblog based on Kwiki.[3] It is available as a hosted service, a hardware appliance, and open source.[4]
Socialtext's products have been favorably reviewed many times in the trade press.[5][6]
On June 9, 2006, Socialtext announced a partnership with Dan Bricklin (creator of VisiCalc) which encompasses an exclusive distribution deal for wikiCalc as well as a pledge for co-development.[7][8][9]
[edit] Culture
Socialtext was inspired by Wikipedia.[10]
Socialtext was a sponsor of Wikimania 2005 and 2006.[11] It also donated US$2,000 in the Wikimedia Fundraiser 2005 Q4.[citation needed]
Socialtext hosted the first BarCamp from August 19, 2005 to August 21, 2005.[12]
[edit] See also
- Social computing
- List of collaborative software
- List of content management systems
- List of wiki software
- Comparison of wiki software
- Comparison of wiki farms
- Wiki
- Weblog software
- JotSpot
- Wikia
- MediaWiki
[edit] References
- ^ Ross Mayfield. Socialtext Enterprise Wiki. Retrieved on 2007-02-28.
- ^ Peter Kaminski. Socialtext Enterprise Wiki. Retrieved on 2007-02-28.
- ^ Pastore, Michael. "SocialText Opens Up Code to Promote Wikis", Intranet Journal, 2005-10-05. Retrieved on 2007-02-11.
- ^ http://sourceforge.net/projects/socialtext/
- ^ Heck, Mike. "Wikis Evolve as Collaboration Tools.", InfoWorld, 2007-01-05. Retrieved on 2007-02-11.
- ^ "Socialtext 2.0 Beta", PC Magazine, 2006-10-23. Retrieved on 2007-02-11.
- ^ Arrington, Michael (2006-06-08). SocialText/wikiCalc: More Interesting Than Google Spreadsheets. TechCrunch. Retrieved on 2007-02-11.
- ^ Bricklin, Dan (2006-06-09). wikiCalc Partnership with SocialText. DanBricklin.com. Retrieved on 2007-02-11.
- ^ Mayfield, Ross (2006-06-09). Socialtext Partners with Dan Bricklin on wikiCalc. Socialtext. Retrieved on 2007-02-11.
- ^ Taylor, Chris, Coco Masters. "It's a Wiki, Wiki World", Time, 2005-05-29. Retrieved on 2007-02-11.
- ^ Wikimania 2006: Sponsors
- ^ http://barcamp.org/BarCampPaloAlto2005#Where
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[edit] Open-source sponsorships
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