Re: Solr VS Google Mini Search Appliance

[Erick Erickson]

Well, frankly if what they have already serves their needs, I see no reason
they should switch. Investing time and effort in "more modern technology"
without a compelling reason is a waste.

Personally, I'd just leave the argument there. Talk to the stake-holders in
the product and get them to list out the changes/improvements they want to
make. And any that aren't easy/possible with what they have now but _could_
be done with Solr that either

1> stand out as must haves and _require_ changing.
or
2> they can live without.

As the wish-list items accumulate, the pressure will build and they'll move
to Solr. And, if there is no such accumulation, their resources can frankly
be better allocated to things that are priorities IMO.


Best,
Erick



On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 8:07 AM, Branko Simic <
branko.si...@green-river-media.com> wrote:

> Hi,
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> We have a client that will have a website in Ektron CMS. As you may know
> Ektron has good integration with Solr and that is primary reason for us
> developers to use it.
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> But the client does not want to switch from their Google Mini Search
> appliance even though Google stopped support for it 3 years ago.
>
> We need to make a good case for using Solr over Google Mini. I am
> collecting information all over internet but would also like to hear what
> you have to say as well.
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> Thanks for taking time to read and hopefully answer my email.
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> Regards,
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