Which wiki platform is the best in your opinion for enterprise use?

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we use http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki There is a macro where users can convert MS Word documents to Wiki “code”, non-technical users will find this very useful. http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Word_macros All they have to do is run the macro and paste the output to the wiki.

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