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Ward Cunningham is the guy in the middle. Clint is on the left. Mike is on the right. If you're interested in Ward's work, you can begin with his wikipedia page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ward_Cunningham Ward is most famous for his work with wikis.
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