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Over 77,000 active members have contributed to a Wikipedia page since it has launched in 2001. That is an abundance of content creation as well as collaboration. Fortunately, there is a cleaner more simple interface available to do just that, collaboration and share knowledge. Bloomfire launched in 2010 with the strength of a wiki but the power of a social business software and a knowledge sharing hub.
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The History of Wikis
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1945 – The Discovery of the Memex• Vannevar Bush writes an essay “As We May Think”
describing a machine named the “memex” used to enhance human memory by allowing the user to store and retrieve documents.
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• Bill Atkinson develops HyperCard for the Apple Macintosh computer, a hypertext system where information can be accessed and manipulated in a free form manner. Suggested retail cost was $49.
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1987 – Enters the Macintosh ‘HyperCard’
• Ward Cunningham, a computer programmer, invents the first Wiki, WikiWikiWeb. WikiWiki means “fast” or “hurry up” in Hawaiian.
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1994 – First ever Wiki
• WikiWikiWeb launches for the first time on the Internet under the domain c2.com.
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1995 – Welcome WikiWikiWeb
• Wikipedia is launched on the UseModWiki software, quickly becoming the most popular wiki. There are more than 77,000 active members contributing to the content.
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2001 – Wikipedia Launches
• From 2001 to 2004 there were an abundance of various wikis launched. The greatest was launched in 2010. Bloomfire arrived rolling the strength of wiki software with the power of a social business community and delivering a center knowledge sharing hub.
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2010 – Enters Bloomfire
