On 2/26/07, A.J.Mechelynck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Paul Irofti wrote:
> Hello vimmers,
>
> I don't understand why Google Wiki is being discussed here as the main
> solution. As I see it there are a few _major_ disadvantages of using it:
>
> - it has software limitations that a large community, such as ours,
> can't cope with
> - it's managed and offered by a third party organization
> - we don't have controls of what features we want in and/or out or the
> way the layout/code/roadmap goes
> - it's a commercial product and Vim will be asociated with it in the long
> run
> - Google is as corporate as you can get, corporations and OpenSource
> don't mix well together (there are tons of examples)
> - from what I've read in this thread it doesn't even have all the
> features needed for a working Vim-tips wiki
>
> On the other hand mediawiki seems the best solution for something like
> this:
>
> - it's *OpenSource*
> - it offers an easy management environment
> - it can support high loads of traffic (see wikipedia)
> - it has multi-language support
> - it's easy to customize and improve
> - it's not chown()-ed by any corporation
>
> I know I'm not a regular here, but I read most of the mail I get from
> vim@ and don't quite get why you people are seriously considering this.
> So I thought I'd drop my two cents and hope that someone can shed some
> light.
>
> Thanks,
> Paul.
>
Not a regular, maybe, yet your name isn't unfamiliar to me. Thanks for passing
by.
If we gan get hosting space somewhere for a mediawiki server, I'm all in favour.
ElWiki.com
Free MediaWiki hosting with fast setup. A free .com/net/org domain
is offered for wikis which reach 10 pages of content. Google AdSense
text-ads may be added to the right sidebar to cover hosting expenses.
From: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wiki_Science:How_to_start_a_Wiki
Yakov
