Comments on: Autonomy: Quicker than Microsoft Fast Search Yet Again http://arnoldit.com/wordpress/2008/09/19/autonomy-quicker-than-microsoft-fast-search-yet-again/ by Stephen E. Arnold Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:55:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Stephen E. Arnold http://arnoldit.com/wordpress/2008/09/19/autonomy-quicker-than-microsoft-fast-search-yet-again/comment-page-1/#comment-23536 Stephen E. Arnold Mon, 22 Sep 2008 23:17:51 +0000 http://arnoldit.com/wordpress/?p=1908#comment-23536 Oswaldo Middleton, I don't take on anyone. As an addled goose, I am trying to capture my thoughts per the "About" section's editorial policy. I don't like any search system. It's pointless, therefore, for me to generate complaints. I try to describe functions and activities that in my opinion warrant capturing in this Web log. No vendor is perfect; none is terrible. I don't prefer one over another. The systems I like have fallen by the wayside; for example, STAIRS III, InQuire, and Speed of Mind. Now I just capture my opinions with a mixture of gentle tweaks and some goose humor. Stephen Arnold, September 22, 2008 Oswaldo Middleton,

I don’t take on anyone. As an addled goose, I am trying to capture my thoughts per the “About” section’s editorial policy. I don’t like any search system. It’s pointless, therefore, for me to generate complaints. I try to describe functions and activities that in my opinion warrant capturing in this Web log. No vendor is perfect; none is terrible. I don’t prefer one over another. The systems I like have fallen by the wayside; for example, STAIRS III, InQuire, and Speed of Mind. Now I just capture my opinions with a mixture of gentle tweaks and some goose humor.

Stephen Arnold, September 22, 2008

]]> By: Oswaldo Middleton http://arnoldit.com/wordpress/2008/09/19/autonomy-quicker-than-microsoft-fast-search-yet-again/comment-page-1/#comment-23492 Oswaldo Middleton Mon, 22 Sep 2008 08:57:29 +0000 http://arnoldit.com/wordpress/?p=1908#comment-23492 You're not constantly taking on Autonomy. IDOL provides Autonomy to make revenues. You’re not constantly taking on Autonomy. IDOL provides Autonomy to make revenues.

]]> By: Stephen E. Arnold http://arnoldit.com/wordpress/2008/09/19/autonomy-quicker-than-microsoft-fast-search-yet-again/comment-page-1/#comment-23324 Stephen E. Arnold Sat, 20 Sep 2008 03:28:37 +0000 http://arnoldit.com/wordpress/?p=1908#comment-23324 George Everitt Thanks for your comments. I take Autonomy comments at face value. Perhaps you are reading more deeply and intelligently between the lines of their announcements than I am able to do. Thank you for your view point. Stephen Arnold, September 19, 2008 George Everitt

Thanks for your comments. I take Autonomy comments at face value. Perhaps you are reading more deeply and intelligently between the lines of their announcements than I am able to do. Thank you for your view point.

Stephen Arnold, September 19, 2008

]]> By: George Everitt http://arnoldit.com/wordpress/2008/09/19/autonomy-quicker-than-microsoft-fast-search-yet-again/comment-page-1/#comment-23282 George Everitt Fri, 19 Sep 2008 19:12:20 +0000 http://arnoldit.com/wordpress/?p=1908#comment-23282 Clearly Autonomy has audacious marketing. IDOL is not without moving parts itself. Purple prose notwithstanding, it is hardly simple to implement any Autonomy solution. Those with long hair and neckties are best to avoid the IDOL shredder at all cost. And their licensing model is atrocious. Loose talk about "SQL Server" licensing is a complete red herring coming from AU. Being hip deep in a MOSS search solution at the moment (e.g, writing a protocol handler) and dealing with 1993 vintage COM code, I will not defend the broken Search that is in MOSS. The Autonomy marketing genius does have a point about the SQL Server technical bottleneck. Like Autonomy, FAST has no such bottleneck. What Microsoft needs to do is integrate ESP into MOSS tout de suite, and rid themselves of the crime against computing that is the current MOSS search while getting a decent foothold in the enterprise search market. I don't see much happening on that front, but for some reason they don't CC me on their internal product planning e-mails any more. Clearly Autonomy has audacious marketing. IDOL is not without moving parts itself. Purple prose notwithstanding, it is hardly simple to implement any Autonomy solution. Those with long hair and neckties are best to avoid the IDOL shredder at all cost. And their licensing model is atrocious. Loose talk about “SQL Server” licensing is a complete red herring coming from AU.

Being hip deep in a MOSS search solution at the moment (e.g, writing a protocol handler) and dealing with 1993 vintage COM code, I will not defend the broken Search that is in MOSS.

The Autonomy marketing genius does have a point about the SQL Server technical bottleneck. Like Autonomy, FAST has no such bottleneck. What Microsoft needs to do is integrate ESP into MOSS tout de suite, and rid themselves of the crime against computing that is the current MOSS search while getting a decent foothold in the enterprise search market. I don’t see much happening on that front, but for some reason they don’t CC me on their internal product planning e-mails any more.

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