SourceForge.net Adds Wikis to Community Toolchest

Collaboration with Wikispaces enhances functionality for SourceForge.net's

150,000 open source projects

    FREMONT, Calif., June 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SourceForge, Inc.
 ( LNUX) today said it has teamed-up with Wikispaces to integrate
 wikis directly into SourceForge.net, the world's largest repository of open
 source software. The addition of wiki functionality into SourceForge.net
 gives the community a simpler and more efficient tool to mass-author the
 documentation and communication necessary to support its open source
 projects.
     "Open source succeeds because of community," said Michael Rudolph, vice
 president and general manager, SourceForge.net "Adding the collaborative
 power of wikis into what is already a vibrant community will create a
 better way for the members of SourceForge.net to maintain their projects.
 Wikispaces gives us the ability to support the high volume of projects on
 the site and bring greater value to the open source community."
     Wikis are dynamic web sites that allow multiple users to publish and
 edit content, increasing the flow of collaboration within an organization
 or community. Wikispaces' simple to use, simple to adopt and cost-effective
 wiki software was easily integrated into the existing SourceForge.net
 infrastructure. SourceForge's use of wikis is believed to be the most
 extensive deployment of wikis to the open source development community.
     "Our work with SourceForge demonstrates the power and value of
 Wikispaces for even the largest communities," said Adam Frey, co-founder,
 Wikispaces. "It also shows our ability to quickly integrate the world's
 easiest to use wikis with sites serving millions of users."
     "It's a lot easier having all of our resources on one site instead of
 having a web site here, code repository there and wiki somewhere else,"
 said Martijn Verburg, of the PCGen project hosted on SourceForge.net.
 "Consequently we've had far more people use the wiki hosted on
 SourceForge.net than externally, which is good for the whole of our
 community."
     SourceForge.net's wikis are the latest collaborative tool offered by
 the open source software development site, which houses the world's most
 comprehensive library of open source code and applications. With over 1.5
 million registered users, SourceForge.net is a central forum for on-going
 project collaboration, issue management, and code development.
     Wikis are available to all SourceForge.net projects now.
 SourceForge.net users can enable their wiki through the Administrator menus
 on their project pages.
     About SourceForge, Inc.
     SourceForge's media and e-commerce web sites connect millions of
 influential technology professionals and enthusiasts. Combining
 user-developed content, online marketplaces and e-commerce, SourceForge is
 the global technology community's nexus for information exchange, goods for
 geeks, and open source software distribution and services. SourceForge's
 network of web sites serves more than 33 million unique visitors each
 month* and includes: SourceForge.net, Slashdot, ThinkGeek, Linux.com,
 freshmeat.net, ITManagersJournal and NewsForge. For more information, visit
 www.sourceforge.com. (*Source: Google Analytics and Omniture, April 2007)
     SourceForge, SourceForge.net, Slashdot, freshmeat, and ThinkGeek are
 registered trademarks of SourceForge, Inc. in the United States and other
 countries. All other trademarks or product names are property of their
 respective owners.
     About Wikispaces
     Wikispaces makes the world's easiest to use wikis. Based in San
 Francisco, the company was founded by veterans of the online collaboration
 and open source industries. Wikispaces offers hosted services to
 communities, companies, and organizations of all sizes. For more
 information, please visit http://www.wikispaces.com.
     Media Contact:
     Mike Maney, Page One PR for Sourceforge, Inc.
     215-345-7096 or mike@pageonepr.com
 
 

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