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THE GREAT RENAMING! All that was "SIG" should now be "community," except for

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the database and the URLs (for backward compatibility).  Do a full rebuild
after browsing this one!
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@@ -6,9 +6,10 @@ Frequently-Asked Questions about Venice (*)
Q: What is Venice?
A: The Venice Web Community System is a system for supporting online
communities and special interest groups. A single Venice server will
support multiple SIGs, and all users authenticating themselves with the
Venice server will be able to join any SIG based on that server. SIGs
will support features like Web conferencing, chat, and instant messaging.
support multiple communities, and all users authenticating themselves with
the Venice server will be able to join any community based on that server.
Communities will support features like Web conferencing, chat, and instant
messaging.
Q: Aren't there already conferencing packages out there?
A: Yes, and some of them are very good. However, Venice is being designed
@@ -83,6 +84,16 @@ A: Not at all. Some of the design structures are similar to CommunityWare,
with a more self-consistent one. As time goes on, Venice will continue
to incorporate features that distinguish it from the original WebbMe.
Q: What was up with the whole "SIGs" nomenclature?
A: That was one of the ways I was trying to differentiate myself from
CommunityWare and WebbMe. However, the terminology ("Special Interest
Group") turned out to be too cumbersome. Besides, as of November 2001,
Webb Interactive is out of that business, and indeed out of all business but
Jabber.com Inc. Therefore, I reversed myself on November 7, 2001 ("The Day
of The Great Renaming") and they're now called "Communities" everywhere.
(With two exceptions; the database and the URL generation, both for backward
compatibility.)
Q: Did WebbMe have instant messaging, too?
A: Yes, it did. The original CommunityWare instant messaging and chat was
based on code derived from Durand's earlier MindWire product. It was later