"Hmm, I've had a few email exchanges with Andrew about these issues and the basic difference is that he doesn't seem to buy into the whole web2.0, cloud computing fandango as much as I do. In my view, the distinction between "writing for the web" and "writing for print" is a big red herring. The web is a big place and there is room for putting a variety of content types on it, both long and short form. Also, I think that the distinction between "writing for the web" and "writing for print" will disappear in the near future, particularly as ebook readers get more sophisticated and widely adopted. Turning blogs into books is already quite common, which is something that I should not need to mention on this particular blog. I agree that distributed version control systems are a great solution, but they are not for the faint of heart. A good collaborative tool should offer straightforward web interfaces for the average user, whilst allowing technically inclined users to leverage the full..." - Matt Leifer