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<FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>Hi Andy<BR>
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I was/am new to wiki, when I decided to look into it I thought I would go for the one that everyone uses, the one that is Wikipaedia, the foundation etc etc etc . So I downloaded it, tried to install it, tried to work with mysql and so on, (my ex web host was no help). As a result I found one didn’t require mysql and seemed to be low maintenance, which it has turned out to be. Next came the adaptability of it, then came the fact that it did just about everything else the other wikis promised Pmkwiki has... The final thing was this user group which have worked out all my kinks and made my site a success.<BR>
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On 9/3/07 12:16 PM, "Gordon, Andrew" <Andrew.Gordon@unisys.com> wrote:<BR>
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PmWiki works, is simple to administrate and is functionality robust. There are more functionally robust wikis but their install and admin requirements are much greater. <BR>
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Andrew Gordon<BR>
Director Open Source Solutions - Federal<BR>
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<FONT SIZE="4"><FONT FACE="Tahoma"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:13.0px'><B>From:</B> pmwiki-users-bounces@pmichaud.com [<a href="mailto:pmwiki-users-bounces@pmichaud.com]">mailto:pmwiki-users-bounces@pmichaud.com]</a> <B>On Behalf Of </B>Donald Z. Osborn<BR>
<B>Sent:</B> Thursday, March 08, 2007 8:28 PM<BR>
<B>To:</B> PmWiki Users<BR>
<B>Subject:</B> [pmwiki-users] Annoying question: Why do people switch to PmWiki?<BR>
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I've asked this before without getting any echo, but since there are some folks who have apparently switched to PmWiki from other wiki software, I'm interested to hear what their rationale was and what they feel about their experience since.<BR>
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I ask because there are people with whom I am in contact who have made intimations about the quality of MediaWiki. On the latter I like it a lot (per use in Wikipedia) and don't disagree, but I also like PmWiki a lot due to its adaptability among other things. Frankly PmWiki was easier to set up than some others I looked into a couple of years ago, but that is probably not a factor for people switching to it...<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><FONT SIZE="5"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:16.0px'>Anyway, any feedback is welcome. "Case studies" may be useful in future discussions. TIA.<BR>
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