> I also am looking for something to collect documentation tidbits into a DB > that all can contribute to. We do have a need to search and organise > though.
Take a look at content management systems like Drupal or Mambo as well as wiki. I like the simplicity of the wiki idea, but it's biggest flaw is that you really have to set the structure before you cut the unwashed masses loose on it if you expect to be able to really make any coordinated use of it. > We are a very small group (6 ppl) and are only doing the > occaisional DB updates and compilations. I was considering just writing my > own software with PHP/MySQL but found MySQL to be a memory hog so am > unsure how that will affect us. We are also somewhat constrained with > z/Linux under a z/VM guest. > Is wiki not the way for me to go? It'll work fine for that purpose - most of the piggy bits are related to search and initial page entry, so if you're not doing a lot of changes, you shouldn't have problems. Just put some planning time into setting up an initial page structure that makes sense to all of you (or can be easily documented), and you should be fine. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
