wiki critical mass

I get the sense that wikis are starting to gain momentum now as a business tool. Doing a bit of research - it looks like wikis have actually been around since 1995 (the original wikiwikiweb... 12 years ago!!! phwoar), but it's taken some big, well publicised examples like wikipedia to throw it in the limelight.

I think the reason for the lag in adoption was because it used to be such a radical concept to let just anybody edit information on a webpage like they were writing in a word document. I mean - geez! everybody can see it!

But now attitudes have matured. The fact that intranets are a common occurrence in the workplace, blogs are everywhere, and businesses are outgrowing their first and second generation intranets, people are looking for an easier, cheaper, more efficient way to collaborate. Especially over a geographically dispersed area - and they're easily obtainable by small business.

SMH has a great article about wikis in business - working the wiki way. check it.