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| | The Journal of Community Informatics - Vol. 1, No. 2 (2005) |
 | | Communities are such a case: in a community, although participants may fluctuate, there is a stable number of actors working on common issues. |
 | | Usually online community start-up requirements and related costs are not problematic to define, for community’s promoters normally do know the socio-technical needs of their project, how related costs may be covered, and which benefits it is possible to realize in the first phases of the community life. |
 | | The RCM community environment relies mainly on a FirstClass server, which potentially covers well the requirements for 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 of the CSFs, while it is a little lacking in supporting “synchronous interactions”, “integration with other applications”, and “tools for assessment and health indicators”. |
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