On 6 February 2013 23:58, Tim Starling tstarling@wikimedia.org wrote:
I think we can turn MediaWiki into a fully featured wiki engine which can compete with the likes of Confluence. I don't think it can ever compete with TiddlyWiki or UseModWiki in their respective niches.
(veering slightly off topic)
What in Confluence are you thinking of MediaWiki as lacking?
The main two in my experience are (1) firm access control (2) WYSIWYG editor. (1) is just not something MW can promise to do securely unless pretty much every developer cared and (2) is on the way (certainly before the end of time). Any others of importance?
[ps: Confluence is horrible and its hardware requirements do in fact make MediaWiki look lightweight.]
- d.