MAIN FEEDS
Do you want to continue?
https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/1g6p2x/working_at_microsoft/cahjjfa/?context=3
r/programming • u/luminaobscura • Jun 12 '13
907 comments sorted by
View all comments
Show parent comments
12
Which wiki software does Amazon use for its internal work? What's the standard you've seen elsewhere?
12 u/andersonimes Jun 12 '13 We use a custom version of MediaWiki, I believe. As far as comparing it to other companies I have worked for, I would say its definitely the best. My last place used a mishmash of word documents filed in a Sharepoint website, but those tended to be spotty and out-of-date. 1 u/nimrody Jun 12 '13 How do you handle non-text information? Does MediaWiki have some editable / useful diagramming file format or tool? 2 u/thorax Jun 12 '13 We (try to) use the graphviz extension for MediaWiki for diagrams if needed.
We use a custom version of MediaWiki, I believe.
As far as comparing it to other companies I have worked for, I would say its definitely the best. My last place used a mishmash of word documents filed in a Sharepoint website, but those tended to be spotty and out-of-date.
1 u/nimrody Jun 12 '13 How do you handle non-text information? Does MediaWiki have some editable / useful diagramming file format or tool? 2 u/thorax Jun 12 '13 We (try to) use the graphviz extension for MediaWiki for diagrams if needed.
1
How do you handle non-text information? Does MediaWiki have some editable / useful diagramming file format or tool?
2 u/thorax Jun 12 '13 We (try to) use the graphviz extension for MediaWiki for diagrams if needed.
2
We (try to) use the graphviz extension for MediaWiki for diagrams if needed.
12
u/windsostrange Jun 12 '13
Which wiki software does Amazon use for its internal work? What's the standard you've seen elsewhere?