:In the 70s, computer programmers collaborated via computer networks to develop software applications. The open-source collaborative model is considered to be the most cost-effective "benchmark model" of developing software. In fact, it has long been recognized that Linux is the largest on-line collaborative project in the World. '''If the new catch-phrase "Working in the Cloud" applies to storing documents and editing them in "cyberspace", then this author has been "Working in the Cloud" since 1998 (long before this "phrase" was invented)...'''

:'''This "need to connect" has now extended from educational institutions into our homes and our everyday lives:'''

==="Unlock Those Chains": Collaborate Online===

:'''Eric S. Raymond''', the author of the book '''"The Cathedral and the Bazaar"''', compares on-line collaboration for computer software development as a '''church bazaar, where the setup is not very fancy, but the work and the coordination of its members ensure its success'''.