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[jedd <jedd@progsoc.org>]

 Hi Jackie,

 Just FYI.

 ] -anyone can edit

 This is a feature of all CMS and wiki systems.

 ] -copies can be kept on a hard drive

 This .. is something I find highly desirable (I want to be able
 to use the data in such a system off-line and have it sync'd whenever
 I am net-connected) but I suspect that all CMS/wikis will allow this,
 so long as you're running a sensible operating system anyway.

 ] -forming WikiWords that become placeholders for new pages occur naturally,
 ] making writing an organic process

 I believe this is standard (camel case stuff, yeah?) behaviour on
 these systems.

 ] -(my own prediction) one day soon, all 'tiddlers' will be able to be 
linked.

 The web implies that this is possible now - can you elaborate on
 this aspect more?

 ] cons - this interface is probably difficult to comprehend as an entire 
database
 ] with tons of parameters.  but perhaps someone is working on it.  at
 ] tiddlywiki.com there are links to developer pages, and most everyone is 
really
 ] friendly.  development of this app is moving quickly, and is user-defined.

 The interface is very pretty, but possibly very annoying.  The 
 reliance upon javascript is a potential killer for some users (not
 everyone has a fast computer and a big pipe - in fact, I have a fast
 computer and a very big pipe and I still find the performance on that
 site to be woeful).

 All free (libre) software is user-defined in the sense that you have
 the freedom to extend and alter it.  If you check out the list of
 available CMS/wikis on wikipedia :
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_content_management_systems

 .. you can get a good idea of the huge number of these things that
 exist.    This isn't a particularly exhaustive list, either (I can't
 find the list that I found a while ago that showed hundreds of
 the things).  The bulk of them are both free and very good, with
 a sizeable minority being $-expensive and very bad.  (No, I don't
 know how this happens either.)

 Jedd.