On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 7:35 PM, Yonik Seeley <yo...@lucidimagination.com> wrote: > I'm also trying to reuse the first paragraph to come up with an update > to our front page description to basically define Solr. > > I'll think about how I can fit in the cross-language aspects... > Perhaps it deserves a second paragraph. > > One characterization of Solr I've heard in the past is that it's just > basically a wrapper around Lucene - something I emphatically disagree > with and trying to leave behind a bit. As Solr matures, it needs to > stand more on it's own, rather than to define itself in comparison to > Lucene or be "easier than Lucene". +1 Solr should eventually come out of the shadows of Lucene .
It should not be known as just a "Lucene wrapper" > > -Yonik > > On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 10:23 PM, Israel Ekpo <israele...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Your announcement looks great! However, would like to add just a little more >> text to the introduction part of Solr especially for people that may have >> heard about Lucene before but are hearing about Solr for the very first >> time. >> >> One of the reasons most developers are not involved with using Lucene for >> creating search applications is because of the one of the following factors: >> >> 1. From my perspective, it's a bit complicated to set up and use out of the >> box. It involves a fair amount of heavy lifting to make one's search >> application utilize most of the features the Java version of lucene has to >> offer. >> >> 2. If your are not using Java, most of the other ports of Lucene are usually >> behind in terms of the features offered by the Java version of Lucene. >> >> 3. In some programming languages such as ActionScript, PHP, Objective-C no >> reliable/effective lucene port is available. >> >> Now, thanks to Solr the "language barrier" excuse is gone, especially >> because of the ability to interact with the search server via HTTP and XML. >> >> Hence, via Solr you can take advantage of virtually all the features Lucene >> 2.9 has to offer and even more without any headache of implementing Lucene. >> >> The power of Web services should never be underestimated. Via, Solr >> developers around the world can now deploy the amazing features offered by >> Lucene 2.9 in virtually any programming language such as ActionScript, >> JavaScript, C, Visual Basic, Objective-C etc. >> >> Personally, the very first time I heard about Solr, the first impression I >> got was that it is just another port of Lucene or Java library based on >> Lucene and this is completely false. >> >> So I think it would be nice if you could include the "http" feature of Solr, >> so to speak, in the introduction section of your announcement just to >> clarify that it is not just another Java library based on Lucene. >> >> Again, this addition is targeted only towards individuals just hearing about >> Solr for the very first time. >> >> So I would suggest to add the following text hopefully without cluttering >> the presentation: >> >> --BEGIN-- >> Solr is not just another Java library based on Lucene. Nevertheless, powered >> by Lucene 2.9 internally, it is a standalone enterprise search server with a >> web-services-like API that allows one to index documents in XML or CSV >> format over HTTP. The contents of the index then be queried via HTTP and >> retrieved as an XML response, therefore making it seamlessly simplistic to >> deploy the amazing features offered by the enterprise search server in >> virtually any programming language such as ActionScript, JavaScript, C, >> Visual Basic, Objective-C etc. >> --END-- >> >> --OPTIONAL-- >> It's so easy even a caveman can use it! >> --OPTIONAL-- >> > -- ----------------------------------------------------- Noble Paul | Principal Engineer| AOL | http://aol.com
