There is an interesting post on OnLamp.com that mentions the search for a good wiki system. Read the post to find out why the author thinks that the wiki world "needs the kind of vision that will make the product more accessible, more polished, less prone to abandonment or neglect...", and the several comments that follow.

The posting covers one developer's travels as he goes in search of a good, solid Wiki to attach to an instructor's website. Trying several different implementations (phpWiki, MoinMoin, MediaWiki, and many, many more...), he works through each, searching for that one good quality, easy to use, light system that is just a wiki (and not a full portal that happens to have a wiki attached). In the end, he feels like MediaWiki was the best choice for the project at hand.

It seems that the wiki universe is being built by extreme geeks. Which is great - that's where all the good stuff comes from. But at a certain point, a good software project needs the kind of vision that will make the product more accessible, more polished, less prone to abandonment or neglect. The blogging world got there a while ago. It's time for the wiki world to catch up.