The Market for Language Packs
July 23, 2013
SearchHub.org, an online community for open source enterprise developers hosted by LucidWorks, publishes a number of interviews with experts, among other things. Their latest interview is with Andrew Paulsen of Basis Technology and delves into his expertise regarding commercial language packs. Read more in, “Commercial vs. Open Source Language Packs: An Interview with Andrew Paulsen, Regional Director at Basis Technology.”
The introduction to the interview begins:
“Today we’re talking with Andrew Paulsen of Basis Technology about their commercial language packs. Since Basis first came to market, open source has made huge strides forward in supporting multiple languages. Not only does Solr support many European languages, but it also has multiple options for Japanese and Chinese, including morphological tokenization. But despite all this progress, Basis is still around selling their wares. Why would anybody pay for software when open source alternatives exist, especially when using an open source search engine?”
The interview continues with a series of questions and answers, building a strong case for Basis Technology. So it seems that good options exist for those who need commercial languages packs. However, open source solutions can now also boast the same reliability and longevity on the market. As Mark Bennett, the interviewer, noted, Solr supports most major languages. LucidWorks is one of the biggest open source competitors and builds its infrastructure upon Solr, meaning the language capabilities are built right in.
Emily Rae Aldridge, July 23, 2013
Sponsored by ArnoldIT.com, developer of Beyond Search
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