I agree with the wiki sentiment (also in a software/system engineer heavy environment). The huge thing I see is the massive problem with email. There's just so

I agree with the wiki sentiment (also in a software/system engineer heavy environment). The huge thing I see is the massive problem with email. There's just so much information locked up in peoples email it's not even funny. Wikis provide a way to put some information in a public place that, three months later, someone else that started working on the project can now see, without requiring someone to forward the right emails. It's also generally much more easily searchable than a bag of Word docs. Add in version control and things like edit notification and it's really a huge win. I really hate email in the enterprise these days. I can totally see where tools like Google Wave (R.I.P.) and Basecamp are coming from. Pity it will take most enterprises ten years to start using these tools regularly.