On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 6:11 PM, SarahSV <sarahsv.wiki(a)gmail.com> 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