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We've had a unique opportunity to speak with Brion Vibber recently at the October Orlandojug meeting. Let's discuss what we learned for those who couldn't attend and to expand on what we heard. We'll discuss technical and socio-cultural topics.

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About Wikipedia Place


Wikipedia is arguably the most popular and high volume site on the web. Brion Vibber has been the tech guy since the start. He described the initial architecture on Swampcast as just a couple of LAMP servers in Tampa. Since then the architecture has evolved and many lessons have been learned.

There are also workflow, ancillary sites, the community aspect and many other aspects of Wikipedia we can learn from and even influence in the future.

Let's talk about it here, where we all can ask questions and the discussions will have persistance.
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Wikipedia Architecture - High Level View

The Wikipedia website began as a couple of LAMP servers. Brion described the wiki he chose and other details in the…Continue

Tags: vibber, performance, LAMP, swampcast, architecture

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