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Sometimes when you collaborate, you have to trust people more than you have any reason to do so. It works because most people are good

— Ward Cunningham

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Ward Cunningham: The Web's wizard of working together (Updated: Dec. 19, 2005, 11:34 a.m.|Published: Dec. 19, 2005, 10:34 a.m.)

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