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Hello Yigal,

> Daniel Keep Wrote:
> 
>> yigal chripun wrote:
>> 
>>> Daniel Keep Wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Yigal Chripun wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> ...
>>>>> 
>>>>> 1) A CMS - depends on what package you choose but some are very
>>>>> good at organization of content
>>>>> 
>>>> A wiki *is* a CMS.
>>>> 
>>> no. I meant a CMS like joomla or something in that category.
>>> 
>> What's the quantifiable difference?  The only one I can think of is
>> that CMSes are designed for closed-authorship sites (you have to
>> register and be approved) whereas Wikis are the other way around.
>> But since you can change that, it doesn't seem like a reason to have
>> a CMS, especially since we *want* an open-authorship site.
>> 
> the difference is in the UI (which a wiki doesn't provide) and the
> format used, i.e. not some wiki format.
> 

One major *advantage* of wikies is that the UI is a browser. If I need to 
install anything (even a plugin, and lets pretend I don't have flash already) 
I'm not going to be contributing anything.