What do you guys think?

[nmeyers at javalinux.net (Nathan Meyers)]

On Sat, Aug 03, 2002 at 05:57:42PM -0400, mlw wrote:
> I have written a search engine system, similar to something like Google and
> altavista...
> 
> Anyone have any ideas on how to package the system or to whom to sell it?
> 
> Would I be a fool to open source all of it. (A good part of it is already open
> sourced.)

If you're really asking questions like this, you might as well open it up
and see what others have to contribute or how others may use it. The only
thing that keeps it from being the next Google or AltaVista is putting
together a company, raising a ton of money, running a large data center,
and challenging the well-established leaders in the market. From the
sort of questions you're asking, I suspect that's not an activity you're
comfortable with.

Nathan Meyers
nmeyers at javalinux.net