The interesting thing about this interview from C|Net isn't so much the startling insight (of which there is none, really) or even the topic (something called "wiki," which refers to collaborative environments--looking up the term in the Wikipedia veers perilously close to tautology). Rather, what I find striking is the extent to which both the questions and the answers could be the template for any technology-related interview--you could search and replace "wiki" with "podcasting" and the substance wouldn't change substantially.
It's funny how "desktop publishing" is always used as an example of how personal computing and software created new technological opportunities at the expense of older ones (i.e., the death of the typewriter and typesetting as a profession). Well, you could make the same argument for any new technology. Desktop publishing didn't do anything particularly unheard of in the history of technology; heck, the invention of the printing press did basically the same thing 500 years earlier by taking publishing out of the hands of an elite few (monks and royalty) and putting it in the hands of the many (anyone with the capital--and/or the literacy--to set up a printing operation).
The point is: name a technology, either current or ancient, and you'll witness the same effect.
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