Brent has posted his First Impressions of Conversant 1.0b2 after an hour or so of installing it:

I left Conversant with the feeling that I've barely scratched the surface, that Conversant is hugely customizable, that there's a lot of power in there that I haven't touched.

Seth also comments on Brent's experience. Like Seth, I was impressed out how insightful Brent 's feedback was. Brent's a great beta tester ;-) I'm really looking forward to more feedback from Brent.

Naturally, there's room for improvement in any piece of software and as it stands Conversant's power is sometimes obscured by the plethora of configuration screens and options. But once you have climbed the learning curve the full power and potential of Conversant becomes apparent. There's no doubt in my mind that once you 'become conversant' there's no turning back. There's also no doubt that improvements in Conversant's usability will continue to be made and the new users have a major role to play in that process.

For what it's worth I'd recommend everyone with an interest in the groupware, CMS, weblogging, or web application development to check it out. You won't be disappointed.

PS I'm still scratching the surface after two years B-}