Steve Litt wrote:
> On Tuesday 19 July 2005 01:55 am, Khepri wrote:
>
> Take the following with this caveat -- I don't use wikis, and so have no first
> hand experience...
>
> I've never understood the attractiveness of wikis. There's only so
> authoritative something can be when *absolutely anyone at any time for any
> reason* can materially change the stated facts. True, I know nothing about
> its social mechanisms, but there's no technical way I know of to keep
> erroneous info out.
The wiki model is an open source model where the participants are selectively
responsible for the content. Anyone can participate, but most do not.
Erroneous information is removed by interested and informed participants, who
can document the correct information.
>
> Then there's my more mundane gripe about wikis -- they're slow, requiring a
> mouse and web page updates. This makes them less useful for groupware than
> one might otherwise imagine.
The speed is a function of the database used, the cpu speed and memory of the
server, and the available transmission bandwidth. There are circumstances where
wikis would be useful as a groupware application.
Smitty
>
> Steve Litt
> Founder and acting president: GoLUG
> http://www.golug.org
>
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