[dokuwiki] Re: Kudos
- From: cyrille giquello <cyrille37@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: dokuwiki@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2010 14:43:28 +0200
I join all those Tanguy congratulations !
Cheers,
Cyrille.
Le 20 août 2010 14:37, Tanguy Ortolo <tanguy+dokuwiki@xxxxxxxxx> a écrit :
> Hello,
>
> I have been using DokuWiki for some time now, and I am maintaining the
> corresponding Debian package.
>
>
> I just wanted to thank Andi and all the contributors for that great
> piece of software. I think you can be proud of it, and I consider it as
> a good example of what free software can be: simple, easy, clean and
> modular.
>
> Simple in its storage system: just directories and files with a markup,
> no overkill database model.
>
> Easy to install: just dowload and unpack (or install the Debian
> package!), no database setup stuff.
>
> Easy to use: just write **comprehensive** //markup//, no MediaWiki
> '''''hell''''' with [external links] and [[internal|links]]. It is not
> by chance that Creole markup [1] is so close to DokuWiki markup. :-)
>
> [1] http://www.wikicreole.org/
>
> Clean: a DokuWiki website is clean HTML, and /can/ take advantage of
> JavaScript and graphical browsers, without making them a requirement.
> Such a wiki is usable by a blind person, for instance.
>
> Modular: well, all the plugins…
>
>
> I specially value the way DokuWiki is usable with a text-based browser
> without any JavaScript. If it was coded by a company as a proprietary
> software to be sold, it would never have been be so clean. Just compare
> RoundCube webmail [2] to the tools used by some email providers such as
> Orange [3]…
>
> [2] http://www.roundcube.net/
> [3] http://webmail.orange.fr/
>
>
> Long life to DokuWiki!
>
> --
> Tanguy Ortolo
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