Here are some of the features and notes about Pm Wiki's design decisions. Many of these derive directly from the PmWikiPhilosophy and lots of discussion on the mailing lists.

• »PmWiki:FlatFileAdvantages - why Pm Wiki uses flat files to store pages instead of an SQL database
• »PmWiki:HierarchicalGroups - why Pm Wiki doesn't support nested groups
• »PmWiki:PageLocking - how Pm Wiki works without locking pages (see also simultaneous edits)
• »PmWiki:SearchImprovements - why Pm Wiki has a native search engine
• »PmWiki:FilePermissions - some information about Pm Wiki's file permission settings
• »PmWiki:WikiGroupMotivation - why Wiki Groups

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