I have been using JSPWiki for more than 10 years and I too think it has a lot going for it.
I agree with Dave. We need to answer "who is JSPWiki for?" And what does Features does JSPWiki have that is not already present within the market? These need to be one answered in one paragraph. I not see JSPWiki competing in a corporate environment: - Little (if any) support - SHOW STOPPER - No Department Support (cannot be separated into different namespaces) - SHOW STOPPER - NOT mobile friendly - Limited "pre-built" plugins to integrate with other Applications (think source control or issue tracking) - Limited Administration tools - Need more GUI interfaces (like adding a photo or Excel embedded into page) Personal Gripes - No markdown support - No multiple instance support (Well at least poor) It is listed on some comparison sites <http://www.wikimatrix.org/show/JSPWiki>, but not sure how current things are. >From a technical standpoint, of course, almost anything is possible. >From a market penetration standpoint, it is a different story. -jim -- -jim Jim Willeke On Sat, Feb 6, 2016 at 1:13 AM, Dave Koelmeyer < dave.koelme...@davekoelmeyer.co.nz> wrote: > On 30/11/15 11:21, Paul Uszak wrote: > > I think that one of the initial points people should address, prior to > > launching a publicity campaign, is: who is JSPWiki for? It's pretty > > important to identify the market segment that efforts will then be made > > towards. We could all just talk about it a lot, but it's more efficient > if > > someone actually has an idea as to what is to be achieved, for whom. > > Fair point, but some of this is already covered right on > http://jspwiki.apache.org/ and > http://www.ecyrd.com/JSPWiki/wiki/JSPWikiFeatures. Any organisation > looking for the particular features listed there would be in the target > market for JSPWiki, for instance. > > > From a personal perspective as a user, it appears that JSPWiki is only > > suitable for a highly technical computer user. I use it because it meets > > certain nerdy requirements. Most casual users don't know what a server > is. > > I don't follow your logic at all. I don't think any organisation > interested in choosing JSPWiki to host instead of say Confluence or > MediaWiki expects their end users to install and run the product > themselves (comparisons to a desktop app such as Thunderbird are > completely apples to oranges). > > > Dave, you can get an impression of what I'm talking about by comparing > the > > ease of installation of Thunderbird to that of JSPWiki. Therefore, if > you > > think that we should be targeting developers /programmers, I would > suggest > > that perhaps those who want JSPWiki, know or can readily find out about > > JSPWiki. There might be an inherent danger of diminishing returns by > > publicising a highly technical product into the mainstream segment. > > Marketing 101 tells us not to advertise AR15s during the Super Bowl half > > time slot. > > I'm referring to volunteering free time and effort with a fair amount of > existing expertise to a small project which suffers from a lack of > visibility (the JSPWiki page even got yanked from Wikipedia due to a > lack of notability) – not the Super Bowl. > > I use JSPWiki for a variety of product and project documentation tasks, > and it largely excels at both. However, the legacy UI is getting long in > the tooth in terms of ease-of-use, and the problem with HADDOCK as far > as I am concerned is there are just not enough folks using it and > providing feedback. It's a great start but is not there yet for > full-time use (and I feel like a lone voice on JIRA). Hence why I'm in > strong agreement with the original author of this post, and why I'd > really like someone from the project to jump in here with some points of > view. > > Cheers, > Dave > > > > On 29 November 2015 at 10:55, Dave Koelmeyer < > > dave.koelme...@davekoelmeyer.co.nz> wrote: > > > >> Hi All, > >> > >> Sorry to bump an ancient thread (which I bumped previously with no > >> response). There is still only a JSPWiki Facebook group with the same > >> whopping four members. Janne enabled admin access for me a long while > >> back, but what should happen ideally is to create a Facebook Page, and > >> perhaps an associated Twitter channel, and start spreading the word a > bit. > >> > >> I'm super-happy to take the lead on this, but I imagine it would need to > >> be approved by Apache. > >> > >> I currently handle social networks publicity for Mozilla Thunderbird, so > >> I've got a fair bit of experience on this one. > >> > >> How can we get this progressed, and does anyone have any other points of > >> view? > >> > >> Cheers, > >> Dave > >> > >> -- > >> Dave Koelmeyer > >> http://blog.davekoelmeyer.co.nz > >> GPG Key ID: 0x238BFF87 > >> > >> > >> > >> On 13/04/14 15:31, Dave Koelmeyer wrote: > >>> On 4/10/2014 8:54 PM, Siegfried Goeschl wrote: Hi folks, > >>>> the question at hand is to increase JSPWiki’s publicity - how can we > do > >>>> that? Unfortunately Open Source also consists of lot of advertising > >>>> otherwise no user will ever use it :-) > >>> Really ramping up activity on social networks would be a good idea, > >>> Facebook and Twitter specifically. There is a Facebook page with a > >>> whopping four members, and activity on there is all but dead. Happy to > >>> make a time commitment here to start posting fresh content. > >>> > >>> Cheers, > >>> Dave > >
