[mtrawls]

Bah! I'm pretty darn conservative myself, and I like the wiki idea. IMHO, your acceptance at first depends on your exposure and your inclination to technology (esp. OSS). To the non-computer programmer types out there, you do have to admit that an open content system like FIRSTwiki seems doomed to failure -- it's quite amazing, however, that this isn't the case. Of course, if you've been exposed to other projects and seen them work ... or seen them fail, that affects your opinion too. I think you're just noticing (from a sample size of 1?) that computer people and OSS people in general tend to have libertarian/liberal leanings ... but not all.

(And for the record, I'm more of a libertarian, but I lean more to the conservative end of the spectrum than the liberal end ... typically a lot more.)