> I also am looking for something to collect documentation tidbits > into a DB that all can contribute to. We do have a need to search > and organise though. We are a very small group (6 ppl) and are only > doing the occaisional DB updates and compilations. I was considering > just writing my own software with PHP/MySQL but found MySQL to be a > memory hog so am unsure how that will affect us. We are also > somewhat constrained with z/Linux under a z/VM guest. > > Is wiki not the way for me to go?
Well... I prefer a wiki to using a Lotus Notes TeamRoom simply because no one has to run a Lotus Notes client. As Alan Cox mentioned wikis don't "automagically" help you organize information. That being said, a wiki isn't designed to restrict access to information, either, so anyone who can access the system's web server has access to *everything* even if you _do_ decide to restrict who can make edits. I preferred the wiki because it *is* disorganized and can be assembled in a piecemeal fashion, where you can build a stub full of your questions and send the URL off to whoever you see as a subject matter expert capable of filling them in. It also avoids the tendency to lose e-mails, too. I've put up MediaWiki on a machine we named "Seldon", here, for our lab-specific documents and links. We were considering the need to add two more for other users to use which would have been placed on "Terminus" and "Trantor", but this wasn't going very fast. I have to admit that it's been a good place to put presentations done for education so that people didn't download 'em via Lotus Notes. Wikis have weaker document control than Notes. This I see as more of a strength than a weakness because I see innovation as a "bottom up" process while others will likely see the same features as a weakness. It all depends upon what you want and how you want it. If you want to be more organized and make sure that everything is under tight control, think of going with Lotus Notes. Otherwise? After using Lotus Notes for a lot of projects, I find the wiki server a LOT easier to deal with. And, yeah, setting up MediaWiki is *not* painless, though OpenSuSE 10.2 has tools to make it easier. -------------------- John R. Campbell, Speaker to Machines (GNUrd), Stand-Up Philosopher Phone: (813) 356-5322 (t/l 697) Adsumo ergo raptus sum MacOS X: Because making Unix user-friendly was easier than debugging Windows. Red Hat Certified Engineer (#803004680310286) IBM Certified: IBM AIX 4.3 System Administration, System Support ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
