Category: CSCW
Commentary2: In the special edition on CSCW & Groupware.
        Republished in Greenberg, 1991.
Abstract: A large part of a group process is information
        sharing. While networked computers usually allow
        people within an institution to share information
        across common data files, networks are rarely
        available for loosley-coupled social groups. This
        paper describes Liveware, a socially productive
        benign virus used to spread information across
        intermittently connected people and groups. Unlike
        conventional wired networks, Liveware is cheap, does
        not require a technical infrastructure, and is
        intrinsically intertwined with social convention of 
        casual information sharing by mobile and flexible
        work groups.
Number: 3
Bibtype: Article
Booktitle: International Journal of Man Machine Studies
Author: I.H. Witten
        H.W. Thimbleby
        G. Coulouris
        S. Greenberg
Pages: 337-348
Title: Liveware: A new approach to sharing data in social
        networks
Note: data sharing, implementation
Year: 1991
Volume: 34