[Pmwiki-users] RE: pmwiki-0.6.beta1 released

[Patrick R. Michaud]

On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 04:36:03PM -0000, dave.jackson wrote:
> 
> It is just that I am trying to 'sell' Wiki to my boss (for elimination
> of doubt, not for money), and the ease at which I can create a link with
> {{xxx}} syntax is so appealing.

On this topic, I'm working on a paper (or series of papers) that articulates
some of the problems in "selling a wiki concept" to others. I would
love to hear comments, stories (both successes and failures), or 
suggestions from others about this.  

I already know of several of the largest barriers: 
   (1) perceived lack of security and/or control of the wiki, 
   (2) the markup is seen as being too complex, or wiki lacks a WYSIWYG 
       editor, and
   (3) the markup is seen as being too limiting, and cannot achieve
       all of the functionality of a pure HTML/XHTML/XML environment.

Anyone have any other barriers, comments, or ideas on this they'd like
to share?

Pm