Port 25 : MindTouch DekiWiki: open source, cross-platform wiki…
Since we last talked MindTouch has managed to propel itself into the pole position of our space. Specifically, MindTouch’s Deki Wiki is the most popular commercially supported wiki there is. Our rate of adoption outpaces our most well-known competitor by a factor of 30x. Our software is currently being downloaded and installed more than 700 times a day and growing.

Jamie Cannon does great work at Port25. It’s always a pleasure to see him at conferences. He’s a smart and funny guy that I enjoy chatting with. Thanks for the guest blog post Jamie.

I wrote this guest blog post for Jamie a few weeks back. At the time I wrote it I stated that MindTouch’s rate of adoption out paces our most well known competitor by a factor of 30x and that our software is being downloaded more than 700 times a day. Actually we’ve been seeing an average about 1,000 daily downloads for a while now. This puts the aforementioned factor closer to 50x.

Fun facts: MindTouch adds as many new users in one day as our most well known competitor adds in two months. The gap seems to be widening. MindTouch’s growth:

Our most (and very) well known competitor’s growth rate:

I’m not beating up on this “other guy”, I’m making a point here. The point I’m making? MindTouch’s growth is entirely attributable to you, the user. The community of Deki Wiki users is spreading the word! Thank you! When I tell people what MindTouch’s marketing, advertising, and PR budget is they scoff: that’s not a budget! I’m often approached at conferences by consultants who court MindTouch for business. They want to represent us in marketing, PR, or whatever else. When I tell them what we budget for these things they very quickly lose interest. Well, what do you know, if you engineer a fantastic product and listen to your users the word will get out because the community will bare the standard and spread the word. Again, thanks to all of you, please continue to blog and tell friends about our work and we’ll continue to engineer software to the best of our ability.

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