New Features in SharePoint Search
December 8, 2009
I saw a link to a new white paper about SharePoint search. I clicked the link. I had to provide my user name and password and fill in a bunch of check boxes about how much money I spent on computers, my title, and my phone number. I registered Tess, my rescued boxer. When the paper displayed, I was informed that the MSDN Tech Net document was not in the “hi bin.” What I saw was an ASCII rendering of a bunch of boilerplate. The direct link to “What’s New in Enterprise Search (SharePoint Server 2010)” reveals a November 10, 2009, document even though the newsfeed showed that the story came down the wire earlier today (December 7, 2009). If the link doesn’t work, try the Google Microsoft index here.
What does the white paper disclose? Lots of features. My impression is that Microsoft gathered up the marketing collateral of Autonomy, Endeca, Exalead, and other vendors. The company then took a pinch here and a pinch there, including for good measure a farm connector wizard. Amazing. I think a white paper should have some facts, hard data, and useful information. A white paper now means brochureware it seems.
Stephen Arnold, December 8, 2009
I am breathless with excitement to disclose that I was not paid to point out that this white paper is a collection of marketing lingo. Which agency has jurisdiction over this type of silly blog writing? I know. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Poetic, right?
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