Derek Hohls wrote: > > I am very curious as to why people would even want to install a wiki on their own machines (Windows or otherwise).
You get a note-taking tool with text formatting, file attachments, hyperlinks between notes, a full-text search engine, and no dependency on network connectivity. You also get to keep past revisions, and can easily backup the data (or even read it if the software fails): it's just plain-text files. I've used JSPWiki this way for a few years (and was using MoinMoin in a similar way before). Network connectivity was a major factor in choosing to use a local instance: data connections in high-speed trains were quite flaky, and clients often had restrictions on which web sites could be accessed. Not storing client data on a remote server was also seen as a bonus; the data is encrypted on my laptop. Network latency is also a bit irritating when you've gotten used to a local server. The full-text search engine was not much of a criteria when I selected JSPWiki, but it turned out to be much more useful than I envisioned, especially on a local instance (no latency, very fast results). By the way, I selected JSPWiki based on its syntax. I wanted to use a wiki that had a syntax close to what CollabNet TeamForge has, and it turns out JSPWiki is the only one that matches (to the point that I wonder if CollabNet forked JSPWiki a while ago). On Wed, Feb 10, 2016 at 1:26 PM, Derek Hohls <dho...@csir.co.za> wrote: > I am very curious as to why people would even want to install a wiki on > their own machines (Windows or otherwise). > > To me, the main benefit of a wiki is that it is a shared repository of > knowledge to which everyone has access. Such a wiki would be installed and > maintained by the IT support team (or local guru, perhaps) on a server. > Access is then as simple as "open your browser"! No barrier to entry at all. > > I think that for private note taking people are already using tools like > Evernote or OneNote and I cannot see a "local" wiki replacing them. > > >>> Jason Morris <jason.mor...@sydney.edu.au> 02/08/16 10:22 AM >>> > > I tried (without success) to get people using JSPWiki internally in our > faculty (Agriculture and Environment at the University of Sydney). At > first, the majority were all gung-ho about using a wiki.. that was no > problem. The barrier to entry was that they expected it to install like > installing MS Word or something. Just a "one-shot and it just works" > experience. As soon as I explained that they had to first install a servlet > container (what's a servlet??!?!!) and fill out all this configuration > stuff, they quickly lost interest. > > -- > This message is subject to the CSIR's copyright terms and conditions, > e-mail legal notice, and implemented Open Document Format (ODF) standard. > The full disclaimer details can be found at > http://www.csir.co.za/disclaimer.html. > > > This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by > *MailScanner* <http://www.mailscanner.info/>, > and is believed to be clean. > > > Please consider the environment before printing this email. > >
