SUMO Benefits for Tiki
Related:
https://wiki.mozilla.org/Support/TikiWikiUpgrade
https://wiki.mozilla.org/Support/BenefitsOfUpgradingToTiki4
New languages & localizers
- Maybe 5-15 more?
- Improving l10n process (PO, etc.)
Experience/input with high performance
No other Tiki has this load.
Architecture Suggestions From Mozilla
Performance
Security
Regular audits, fixes, and enhancements
Reputation
As SUMO is productized, Tiki could also be used for Thunderbird, etc.
More developers
SUMO is about 6 people full time. Maybe half content, half technical, thus this is more or less the equivalent of at least one full-time person for Tiki-specific things.
Advancing the web
Higher collaboration between Tiki & Firefox from a browser & web app point of view. Tiki should make advantage of new features & standards -> HTML5
Firefox can promote standards by adding to browser and applications like Tiki can as well. Ex.: Microformats, OpenID, etc.
More features
https://wiki.mozilla.org/Support/TikiUpstreamTriage#Features_.2F_enhancements_that_should_go_to_Tiki
Better usability
Lots of users providing suggestions resulting in improvements
Access to expertise
SUMO project has expertise/experience and itself access to getting help from within Mozilla, about browser/web as well as PHP.
Benefiting from Mozilla team's PHP expertise, knowledge, processes, etc... (Mozilla's web team are heavy users of, and committed to PHP).