Good to hear from you!

I actually like XWiki quite a bit and have been playing with it here and there (time being one of those rather difficult to come by resources). It really comes down to how fast I can get the wiki up and running, and the major dependency has nothing to do with the quality of XWiki or Confluence (I do think they’re both top of the line products) but my familiarity with them. I have been a Confluence (and JIRA) user and admin for quite some time now, which allows me to have Confluence up and running in short order. Then there is the question of support (as in my ability to answer questions or troubleshoot issues, not support from XWiki or Atlassian).

As it turns out, a gracious soul donated a Confluence license, so I’ll get those $5 to work this weekend, but I will continue to explore XWiki as time permits, because the scripting capabilities you mention are certainly quite useful and a huge plus in XWiki’s favor.

And you might be amazed by what XWiki can offer with it’s scripting and structured content capabilities. See http://www.dzone.com/links/jazoon_day_2_xwiki.html

Disclaimer: I’m the XWiki founder