One thing to consider is that you have access to the source, so worst-case you won't be cut off at the knees by the commercial vendor.
Case in point: Fast was acquired by Microsoft, who have since dropped all future Unix development. Hope all Fast users really like running their apps on Windows servers. Here's a start for companies using Lucene: http://wiki.apache.org/lucene-java/PoweredBy <http://wiki.apache.org/lucene-java/PoweredBy>HTH Erick On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 4:01 AM, jm <jmugur...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying to compile some arguments in favour of lucene as > management is deciding weather to standardize on lucene or a competing > commercial product (we have a couple of produc, one using lucene, > another using commercial product, imagine what am i using). I searched > the lists but could not find any post, although I remember seeing such > posts in the past. > > Does somebody kept such posts linked or something? Or does someone > know of some page that would help me? > > I would like to show: > - traction of lucene, really improving a lot last couple of years > - rich ecosystem (solr...) > - references of other companies choosing lucene/solr over commercial > (be it Fast or whatever) > > thanks > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: java-user-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: java-user-h...@lucene.apache.org > >
