Derek, I think that you might be missing an important point. Software adoption isn't restricted just to end users. And IT departments aren't all like the one at HSBC. There are SME departments (or single guys) that might be interested in the features of JSPWiki. Your comments regarding configuration are valid though, it's a lot harder than need be. And don't forget, it we all have our own installation, it's not really a collaborative wiki is it?
This is where I was coming from when I asked what was this wiki for? The SME market could be one of those targeted with future (re)development. Unless I've misunderstood the intention of this project and nobody want's it to go past being a toy. On 10 February 2016 at 12:26, Derek Hohls <[email protected]> wrote: > I am very curious as to why people would even want to install a wiki on > their own machines (Windows or otherwise). > > To me, the main benefit of a wiki is that it is a shared repository of > knowledge to which everyone has access. Such a wiki would be installed and > maintained by the IT support team (or local guru, perhaps) on a server. > Access is then as simple as "open your browser"! No barrier to entry at all. > > I think that for private note taking people are already using tools like > Evernote or OneNote and I cannot see a "local" wiki replacing them. > > >>> Jason Morris <[email protected]> 02/08/16 10:22 AM >>> > > I tried (without success) to get people using JSPWiki internally in our > faculty (Agriculture and Environment at the University of Sydney). At > first, the majority were all gung-ho about using a wiki.. that was no > problem. The barrier to entry was that they expected it to install like > installing MS Word or something. Just a "one-shot and it just works" > experience. As soon as I explained that they had to first install a servlet > container (what's a servlet??!?!!) and fill out all this configuration > stuff, they quickly lost interest. > > -- > This message is subject to the CSIR's copyright terms and conditions, > e-mail legal notice, and implemented Open Document Format (ODF) standard. > The full disclaimer details can be found at > http://www.csir.co.za/disclaimer.html. > > > This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by > *MailScanner* <http://www.mailscanner.info/>, > and is believed to be clean. > > > Please consider the environment before printing this email. > >
