Microsoft Delve Described as Tainted
March 10, 2016
I read “Microsoft Delve Faces Challenges in Enterprise Search Role.” Seemed like old news to me. Fast Search never seemed to be in sync with what Fast marketers said the system could do.
In this write up, there is a darned remarkable statement. Here’s the quote that goes right into my “Did Someone Really Say This?” folder:
Delve is already a tainted product…
Gasp. Microsoft bought Fast Search & Transfer in 2008 for $1.2 billion. After the deal closed, the president of Fast Search found himself on the wrong end of Norwegian law. Microsoft killed the Unix version of Fast Search and seemed to be commited to making good on the promises Fast Search marketers offered. Check out the pre-sale presentation to CERN for the “future according to Fast Search.”
SharePoint search, the cloud thing, and Bing—Is Microsoft focused on enterprise search or any search application?
Any way that is quite a statement about Delve. Tainted ain’t a positive word.
Stephen E Arnold, March 10, 2016
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