Socialtext
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| Company type | ? |
|---|---|
| Founded | ? |
| Headquarters | , USA |
Key people | Ross Mayfield (CEO) Peter Kaminski (CTO) |
| Website | Socialtext.com |
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] It counts the Omidyar Network,[3] Draper Fisher Jurvetson,[4] and SAP Ventures[5] among its investors. The company's board of directors include Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales,[6] Joi Ito,[7] and Tim Draper.[8] It was founded by Ross Mayfield,[1] Peter Kaminski, Adina Levin,[9] and Edward Vielmetti.[10]
Products
Socialtext is an enterprise wiki and weblog based on Kwiki.[11] It is available as a hosted service, a hardware appliance, or just the source code.[12] The source code version is open source.[13]
Socialtext's products have been favorably reviewed many times in the trade press.[14][15]
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.[16][17][18]
Culture
Socialtext was inspired by Wikipedia.[19]
Socialtext was a sponsor of Wikimania 2005 and 2006.[20] 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.[21]
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
- Atlassian Confluence
- JotSpot
- Wikia
- MediaWiki
References
- ^ a b "Ross Mayfield". Socialtext Enterprise Wiki. Retrieved 2007-02-28.
- ^ "Peter Kaminski". Socialtext Enterprise Wiki. Retrieved 2007-02-28.
- ^ http://www.omidyar.net/corp/partners.shtml
- ^ http://www.dfj.com/cgi-portfolio/artman/publish/socialtext.shtml
- ^ http://www30.sap.com/company/sapventures/investmentportfolio/index.epx#Socialtext
- ^ "Jimmy Wales Joins Socialtext Board of Directors; Wikipedia Founder to Advise Leader in Enterprise Wiki Solutions".
- ^ http://www.linkedin.com/in/joiito
- ^ http://www.dfj.com/team/tim_bio.shtml
- ^ http://www.socialtext.com/company/adina-levin/
- ^ http://www.linkedin.com/in/edwardvielmetti
- ^ Pastore, Michael (2005-10-05). "SocialText Opens Up Code to Promote Wikis". Intranet Journal. Retrieved 2007-02-11.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ http://sourceforge.net/projects/socialtext/
- ^ http://www.socialtext.com/node/267
- ^ Heck, Mike (2007-01-05). "Wikis Evolve as Collaboration Tools". InfoWorld. Retrieved 2007-02-11.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "Socialtext 2.0 Beta". PC Magazine. 2006-10-23. Retrieved 2007-02-11.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Arrington, Michael (2006-06-08). "SocialText/wikiCalc: More Interesting Than Google Spreadsheets". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2007-02-11.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Bricklin, Dan (2006-06-09). "wikiCalc Partnership with SocialText". DanBricklin.com. Retrieved 2007-02-11.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Mayfield, Ross (2006-06-09). "Socialtext Partners with Dan Bricklin on wikiCalc". Socialtext. Retrieved 2007-02-11.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Taylor, Chris (2005-05-29). "It's a Wiki, Wiki World". Time. Retrieved 2007-02-11.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help); Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ Wikimania 2006: Sponsors
- ^ http://barcamp.org/BarCampPaloAlto2005#Where
External links
Open-source sponsorships
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