Re: Alfa Wiki

[Mark Denovich <mark@domain.elided>]

P Hood wrote:
>What is WIKI an acronym for. Can't sleep a wink until I find out.

"TWiki" stands for...

   * Wiki wiki means "quick" in Hawaiian. The shuttle at Honolulu 
Airport is called the _wiki wiki_ bus, which is where the original Wiki 
web got its name.
   * _TWiki_ is short for _TakeFive Wiki_ from the name of the company 
where its founder worked. (It was later discovered that _Twiki_ is also 
the name of an AI robot that co-starred in the Buck Rogers... movie and 
TV show from 1979)

The most famous (and first) WikiWeb is the Portland Pattern Repository 
at http://www.c2.com/cgi/wiki?WelcomeVisitors  It's main focus is 
computer programing, but they are fairly tolerant of OffTopic material. 
  They've been around for a long time, and have a robust community.

	--Mark
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