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Re: Unisys retires proprietary ClearPath processor on mainframes

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Christian Brunschen wrote:
> In article <PM0004FCBDB147FC71@aca3252b.ipt.aol.com>,
> jmfbahciv  <See.above@aol.com> wrote:
>>Because experience is not fact; only Wiki is.
>
> A point on terminology.
>
> "Wiki" is a Hawaiian term that means "Quick" and was used in the name
> "WikiWikiWeb" for a web site where users can create and edit pages,
> where links between pages are extremely easy to createm and generally
> where collaboration is encouraged. WikiWikiWeb was created and the
> term was coined by Ward Cunningham.
>
> There are many web sites that are Wikis; one example might be
> RepRapWiki, which is the collaborative web site for the RepRap project
> of rapid prototyping (mainly filament-deposition 3d printers and
> such). Many other Wikis are around on intranets, in schools, etc.
>
> "Wikipedia" is another Wiki - one particularly large and well-known
> one, whose goal is to create and maintain and expand a collaboratively
> created, edited, maintained encyclopedia, which can serve as a
> starting point for finding and exploring information but with
> citations and references to the actual source material which is
> summarized in Wikipedia's articles.
>
>
> So, "Wiki" is a general term for the type of web site, where users
> collaborate and can create and edit pages freely; "Wikipedia" is a
> specific one, which is often referenced because it has collected a lot
> of useful information and in turn links to where that information came
> from and can be further explored.
>
>
> Please, if you mean "Wikipedia", say that. If all you say is "Wiki",
> then there's really another question left hanging - "_which_ Wiki?"

All of the above.

/BAH

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Unisys retires proprietary ClearPath processor on mainframes RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-06-18 13:56 +0000
  Re: Unisys retires proprietary ClearPath processor on mainframes invalid@invalid.invalid (tomas) - 2014-06-22 03:56 +0000
    Re: Unisys retires proprietary ClearPath processor on mainframes invalid@invalid.invalid (tomas) - 2014-06-22 03:59 +0000
    Re: Unisys retires proprietary ClearPath processor on mainframes Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz <spamtrap@library.lspace.org.invalid> - 2014-06-22 09:59 -0400
      Re: Unisys retires proprietary ClearPath processor on mainframes scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2014-06-23 18:57 +0000
        Re: Unisys retires proprietary ClearPath processor on mainframes Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz <spamtrap@library.lspace.org.invalid> - 2014-06-23 16:05 -0400
          Re: Unisys retires proprietary ClearPath processor on mainframes scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2014-06-25 14:44 +0000
            Re: Unisys retires proprietary ClearPath processor on mainframes Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz <spamtrap@library.lspace.org.invalid> - 2014-06-25 21:08 -0400
              Re: Unisys retires proprietary ClearPath processor on mainframes scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2014-06-26 15:59 +0000
                Re: Unisys retires proprietary ClearPath processor on mainframes Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz <spamtrap@library.lspace.org.invalid> - 2014-06-26 17:53 -0400
      Re: Unisys retires proprietary ClearPath processor on mainframes Louis Krupp <lkrupp@nospam.pssw.com.invalid> - 2014-06-24 02:03 -0600
        Re: Unisys retires proprietary ClearPath processor on mainframes Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz <spamtrap@library.lspace.org.invalid> - 2014-06-24 18:00 -0400
          Re: Unisys retires proprietary ClearPath processor on mainframes scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2014-06-25 14:45 +0000
            Re: Unisys retires proprietary ClearPath processor on mainframes Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz <spamtrap@library.lspace.org.invalid> - 2014-06-25 21:09 -0400
            Re: Unisys retires proprietary ClearPath processor on mainframes jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2014-06-26 13:49 +0000
              Re: Unisys retires proprietary ClearPath processor on mainframes Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz <spamtrap@library.lspace.org.invalid> - 2014-06-26 17:57 -0400
              Re: Unisys retires proprietary ClearPath processor on mainframes cb@bobby.df.lth.se (Christian Brunschen) - 2014-06-26 22:43 +0000
                Re: Unisys retires proprietary ClearPath processor on mainframes Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2014-06-26 20:05 -0700
                Re: Unisys retires proprietary ClearPath processor on mainframes Louis Krupp <lkrupp@nospam.pssw.com.invalid> - 2014-06-27 02:27 -0600
                Re: Unisys retires proprietary ClearPath processor on mainframes Walter Bushell <proto@panix.com> - 2014-06-28 06:00 -0400
                Re: Unisys retires proprietary ClearPath processor on mainframes jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2014-06-27 13:05 +0000

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