I discuss this with myself a lot.... inside my head... :)
Seriously, I agree with Erik.  I think this is a business opportunity.
How many people are hating me now and going "shhhhhh"?  Raise your
hands!

Otis

--- David Spencer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> This reminds me, has anyone every discussed something similar:
> 
> - rackmount server ( or for coolness factor, that mini mac)
> - web i/f for config/control
> 
> - of course the server would have the following s/w:
> -- web server
> -- lucene / nutch
> 
> Part of the work here I think is having a decent web i/f to configure
> 
> the thing and to customize the L&F of the search results.
> 
> 
> 
> jian chen wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I was searching using google and just found that there was a new
> > feature called "google mini". Initially I thought it was another
> free
> > service for small companies. Then I realized that it costs quite
> some
> > money ($4,995) for the hardware and software. (I guess the
> proprietary
> > software costs a whole lot more than actual hardware.)
> > 
> > The "nice" feature is that, you can only index up to 50,000
> documents
> > with this price. If you need to index more, sorry, send in the
> > check...
> > 
> > It seems to me that any small biz will be ripped off if they
> install
> > this google mini thing, compared to using Lucene to implement a
> easy
> > to use search software, which could search up to whatever number of
> > documents you could image.
> > 
> > I hope the lucene project could get exposed more to the enterprise
> so
> > that people know that they have not only cheaper but more
> importantly,
> > BETTER alternatives.
> > 
> > Jian
> > 
> >
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