For a couple of years now I have been a bit of a wiki evangelist within Sun. Together with a few colleagues, we have championed the use of wikis for the community development and publication of documentation. We have always come across one major stumbling block - the lack of a printing solution. Try printing wiki pages and you will see what I mean. Try to publish a manual from a whole group of wiki pages and the problem becomes even worse.
Today I was excited to read in an article entitled "Wikis Go Printable" that from mid 2008, the Wikimedia Foundation will support direct export of Wiki content into printable and word processor form. This includes OpenDocument format, meaning it will be possible to take wiki content and provide customised high-quality printable copies.
What a great piece of news to end 2007!
