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[jedd <jedd@progsoc.org>]

On Thu, 25 Oct 2007, Lawrence F. London, Jr. wrote:
> Interesting new wiki:
>
> Deki Wiki
> http://wiki.opengarden.org/Deki_Wiki

 Thanks Lawrence.

 In the past week we've spent a bit of time at work looking at
 this system - as we're not hugely committed yet to mediawiki
 (only about 40-50 pages so far in our instance).

 It certainly makes it easier for noobs - the wysiwyg editor is far
 less confusing, particularly for table creation.  There doesn't seem
 to be the range of plugins you get with things like drupal, joomla,
 etc - or even the plethora of 'this is how I did such and such' sites
 like you get with mediawiki users ...

 But having said that, I like it.  Big time.

 I've tried building it from scratch, and have failed, despite running
 the same distro that the guys seem to be using (as per the vmware
 image they provide) -- Debian GNU/Linux.

 My one niggling concern with it is the fact that the core is based
 on mono -- a technology that is tainted by its association with
 Microsoft.   I haven't found a definitive answer anywhere on whether
 it relies on the free bits of mono, or the frightening (opening you
 up to litigation by using non-free software or patented software)
 bits.

 Jedd.