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[Corey Burger]

On 6/25/05, Robin Shannon <robin.shannon at gmail.com> wrote:
> that is something i dont quite get, why did we change wikis from one
> small scale wiki to another small scale wiki? Why all the pain and
> angst of the wiki move, when we werent really upgrading just
> crossgrading (or whatever it is called when its not an upgrade and not
> a downgrade)?
> 
> paz y amor,
> -rjs.

Someone else got bit the gmail bug. Here is something that they sent
me, and I assume they meant to send it to the list.

The reason we moved from Zwiki to MoinMoin (which I would consider a
medium scale project) is that of language.

Mediawiki is a PHP application, and PHP has a somewhat justified
reputation has being impossible to secure. PhpBB has had a number of
high profile incidents, as have other php apps.

That being said, Mediawiki runs one of the 100 largest sites in the
world (either by traffic or size). I seriously doubt they are going to
let a security issue slip by them.

Corey