On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 6:11 PM, SarahSV <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> > Dariuz, when I first heard about this, I understood it to mean that the > Foundation was seeking to fix the Wikimedia search function, which is > really very poor. But this seems to be a proposal to create an entirely new > search engine to complement Google, which will cost many millions. > > > My understanding is essentially that we want to engage in a search engine that would encompass all Wikimedia projects. I can't imagine us effectively competing Google and I would not consider this to be a sensible direction (not because it is not tempting, but because it is too costly and risky). dj _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
