[WikiEN-l] MediaWiki is getting a new programming language

[stevertigo]

On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 1:56 AM, Steve Bennett<stevagewp at gmail.com> wrote:
> Erm, the MediaWiki template language survives because it has a
> monopoly. There is no alternative. It doesn't really matter how bad it
> is - there is nothing users could switch to.

The word "monopoly" implies unfair business practices such that make
an inferior product the exceedingly market-dominant one. Putting aside
its basic inapplicability in an open-source context, and the fact that
in that context people will make free choices to use a tool, and not
to mention participate in that tools' further development..  what is
the argument?

-Steven