1 rizwank 1.1 TWiki (TM) - A Web Based Collaboration Platform
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  5             TWiki Distribution
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  8             Version: 30 Oct 2004 $Rev: 1794 $
  9             Release type: Beta release
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 11             
 12             What is TWiki?
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 14             
 15             TWiki is a flexible and powerful web-based collaboration 
 16             platform that allows you to run a dynamic intranet site, a 
 17             project development space, a document management system, a 
 18             knowledge base, an issue tracking system and many other 
 19             groupware application. TWiki looks and feels like a normal 
 20             intranet or Web site. Users can freely change or create 
 21             content from any Web browser, without requiring special 
 22 rizwank 1.1 browser plugins. 
 23             
 24             Major companies like British Telecom, Sun Microsystems, 
 25             Motorola and SAP depend on the TWiki platform to increase 
 26             the productivity of their engineering teams. 
 27             
 28             Features include automatic link generation, full text 
 29             search, authorization based on groups, Web form handling, 
 30             email notification of changes, file attachments to Web 
 31             pages, revision control of pages and attachments, and 
 32             more. The server-side TWiki Plugins API provides developers 
 33             with a simple way to build new groupware applications. 
 34             
 35             The GPLed TWiki software and over 100 Plugins can be 
 36             downloaded from the TWiki.org web site, http://TWiki.org/.
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 39             TWiki Distribution and License
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 41             
 42             TWiki is open source software and is distributed under the 
 43 rizwank 1.1 terms of the GNU General Public License. You can request 
 44             the latest version of TWiki from http://TWiki.org/ .
 45             
 46             The license.txt file, located in the root of the TWiki 
 47             distribution package, shows your rights and duties on how to 
 48             use, redistribute and/or modify it. We would appreciate if 
 49             redistributions of TWiki and its clones retain the 
 50             license.txt file in its entire form, thus acknowledging the 
 51             origin of TWiki and the thousands of hours the core team and 
 52             contributors put into creating this product.
 53             
 54             Please note that TWiki is not distributed under the LGPL 
 55             (Lesser General Public Licence), which implies TWiki can 
 56             only be used with software that is licensed under conditions 
 57             compliant with the GPL. Embedding in proprietary software 
 58             requires an alternative license. Contact the author for 
 59             details.
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 62             TWiki Installation, Support
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 65             It is important to follow the installation instructions in
 66             TWikiDocumentation.html located in the distribution, also at
 67             http://TWiki.org/cgi-bin/view/TWiki/TWikiDocumentation
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 69             Important note: Once you installed TWiki on your own system, 
 70             make sure to add yourself to the list of TWikiInstallations 
 71             at http://TWiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Main/TWikiInstallations . 
 72             This helps in getting more exposure --> attracts more 
 73             developers --> results in a better product.
 74             
 75             Please add a "Powered by TWiki" logo to your TWiki home page. 
 76             Review details in
 77             http://TWiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Main/PoweredByTWikiLogo
 78             
 79             TWiki is free software and does not include any support. There
 80             is a TWiki web for support questions, run by TWiki users for
 81             TWiki users. Visit http://TWiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Support/ if
 82             you have any installation questions or questions about TWiki
 83             deployment; please do not contact the developers directly.
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 86             TWiki News, Development and Deployment
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 89             You can always find out the latest news at the TWiki home 
 90             page at http://TWiki.org/ .
 91             
 92             The place to collaborate on further TWiki development is at
 93             http://TWiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/ . ReadmeFirst tells you 
 94             how to collaborate. Subscribe in WebNotify to stay up to 
 95             date on latest development issues.
 96             
 97             A side note in case you intend to use TWiki on your Intranet:
 98             TWiki is successfully deployed as a collaboration tool and
 99             dynamic Intranet tool at many major companies. You need to 
100             consider some important points to reach that goal. Do not 
101             underestimate the initial effort it takes to get a 
102             collaboration tool accepted within the company. Support from 
103             upper management is a must. A company with a culture that 
104             encourages information sharing is much more likely to succeed 
105             than one where information hoarding is the norm. There is 
106 rizwank 1.1 also an initial catch 22 problem if you intend to use it as a 
107             knowledge base: "Why should I use the tool, there is so 
108             little information in it". An incentive program to reward 
109             contributions, and a dedicated knowledge engineer can help in 
110             the initial phase of deployment.
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112             Good luck with your collaboration effort and with TWiki.
113             Happy collaboration and twiki'ing.
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115             Best regards,
116             PeterThoeny - Peter@Thoeny.com