[Mediawiki-l] fighting; WYSIWYG compatibility - Re: Apple's Wiki Server brings WYSIWYG to wiki

[David Pace]

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> 2006/8/9, jdd <jdd at dodin.org>:
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> > David Pace a écrit :
> > > I think it's definitely in line with the entire philosophy, however I
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> > > speaking as someone who is deploying mediawiki in a corporate intranet
> > > environment, which is in some respects radically different
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> > > than an open wiki.
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> > so why use an open wiki for that ?
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> > jdd



Why NOT use an open source wiki? I like the flexibility of it, I like the
fact that we can custom code extensions and whatnot and I like the fact that
there is a community of people contributing to improve the source as a
whole.  It's very much in line with my personal ethics, if not always the
ethics of the corporation I work for and so far I have been able to
accomplish the goals I have set out for the project with Mediawiki and some
hacks.

This attitdue of "don't like it? get out" strikes me as a bit antiethical.
Some of us have different needs and we respect the fact that no one here is
beholden to us to realize those needs, but certainly that doesn't bar us
from participating and asking questions, does it?