Date: Mon, 09 Sep 2002 10:36:49 -0700 From: Mike Thompson <mike@atomz.com> To: Michael Lucas <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org> Cc: Michael Lucas <mwlucas@FreeBSD.ORG>, freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG, Kevin Wallace <kevin@atomz.com> Subject: Re: Improved searching for FreeBSD.org web site Message-ID: <4.3.2.7.2.20020909103610.00ace940@pop.atomz.com> In-Reply-To: <20020909081703.A41574@blackhelicopters.org> References: <4.3.2.7.2.20020906155438.00e4a2d0@pop.atomz.com> <4.3.2.7.2.20020822220010.00ab2540@pop.atomz.com> <4.3.2.7.2.20020822220010.00ab2540@pop.atomz.com> <20020905123434.A15857@blackhelicopters.org> <4.3.2.7.2.20020906155438.00e4a2d0@pop.atomz.com>
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Michael, Thanks for the response. I'll give you status reports as we make progress on this end. Mike At 08:17 AM 9/9/02 -0400, Michael Lucas wrote: >Mike, > >This sounds perfect. If you can do your demo with thirty minutes of >work, I'm fairly certain that what you can do in three days will blow >our socks off. :-) > >Thank you again! Do let doc@FreeBSD.org know when you're ready for us >to test your hard work. > >Regards, >Michael > >On Fri, Sep 06, 2002 at 05:27:27PM -0700, Mike Thompson wrote: > > Hi Michael, > > > > I'm finally getting through enough things this week to put my attention > > towards a search engine for the FreeBSD.org web site. As I mentioned > in my > > previous email, it would not be a problems with me if the doc team would > > like to present multiple search engines to the web site visitors -- > > however, in my biased opinion I'm sure that many will like using the Atomz > > search :-). Also, we can certainly host the entire search interface if > > that would work best for the documentation team as well. > > > > I would suggest we proceed in the following manner: > > > > 1. Let me work with my IT team to create an area where we can host the > > FreeBSD.org search page here at Atomz -- probably a search page similar to > > the demo I sent in my first email at the following URL: > > > > http://freebsd.atomz.com/ > > > > 2. I'll then take a stab at creating a complete search implementation for > > the entire FreeBSD.org web site. The demo I sent was just something I > > threw together in about 30 minutes, but with some time and effort I think > > an even better job can be done. For instance, I would want to include the > > entire mail archives in the search database. > > > > 3. Give the FreeBSD documentation project a chance to look things over > and > > make comments or suggestions on improving search even further. Also test > > everything to make sure it works as desired. > > > > 4. Work to link the Atomz Search page for the FreeBSD.org web site as > > appropriate. > > > > Overall, I don't think this whole process should take more than two to > > three weeks to complete. > > > > How does this sound with you? At this time you will have a Search engine > > for the FreeBSD.org web site that uses the same technology as used by such > > companies as Macromedia, CBS News, Sharp Electronics, Palm Computing, > > Handspring and many, many others. > > > > Mike Thompson > > mike@atomz.com > > > > > > At 12:34 PM 9/5/02 -0400, Michael Lucas wrote: > > >Hello, > > > > > >We've discussed your offer at some length. First, we're extremely > > >appreciative of this offer. Many of us have checked out the > > >demonstration you prepared, and are quite impressed. Thank you very > > >much for presenting this to us! > > > > > >The -doc team would like to add the Atomz search engine capability to > > >our existing search system, and give our users the choice of which > > >engine to use. Would this be acceptable to you? If so, please do let > > >us know how you'd like to proceed. By far, the simplest thing for us > > >would be to provide a link to you and let you provide the complete > > >search interface, but that might not be what you're offering, so do > > >let us know. > > > > > >In any event, we're glad that you find FreeBSD useful, and we're quite > > >pleased that you wish to give back to the community. > > > > > >Regards, > > >Michael Lucas > > >FreeBSD Documentation Project/Donations Liason Officer > > > > > > > > >On Thu, Aug 22, 2002 at 10:19:22PM -0700, Mike Thompson wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > I don't know you have heard of us, but Atomz is one of the leading > > > > providers of hosted web-native search and content management > applications > > > > delivered over the Internet. Since our founding in 1998, our services > > > have > > > > been powered by FreeBSD and we now have over 55,000 web sites using > Atomz > > > > hosted services. Companies that use Atomz hosted services include > > > > Macromedia, Palm, Handspring, Maxtor, CBS News, Sony Playstation, > Princess > > > > Cruises, Kohler, U.S. Customs Department, Johnson & Johnson > Lifescan, Red > > > > Herring Magazine, and the list goes on and on. > > > > > > > > I wanted to offer the use of the Atomz search service for the > FreeBSD.org > > > > web site for free. I believe that this could improve the overall > quality > > > > of the FreeBSD.org web site and make it easier for people to find > > > > information out about our favorite operating system -- FreeBSD. I put > > > > together a quick example of Atomz Search for the FreeBSD.org web > site at > > > > the following URL: > > > > > > > > http://mike.demo.atomz.com/freebsd/ > > > > > > > > This example is searching about 2600 documents on the FreeBSD.org web > > > > site. With a little more work we could search the entire email > > > archives in > > > > the same manner and the foreign language sections of the site. > > > > > > > > Because of the value at Atomz we have found in FreeBSD, I would > make our > > > > services available to the FreeBSD.org web site for free. We > normally sell > > > > our search service for $15,000 to $100,000 depending on the customer > > > > requirements so I hope that you can see that this is a very powerful > > > > service. I would also offer technical assistance from our company to > > > > assist with making sure FreeBSD.org is getting a top quality > > > implementation > > > > of our web service. I would also be willing to offer our content > > > > management system, Atomz Publish, as well if you think that would be > > > useful > > > > to the FreeBSD organization. > > > > > > > > In any case, I hope that this offer seems attractive. If you have > > > > questions or would like to discuss this further, please contact me at > > > > mike@atomz.com or by phone at 650-244-5602. > > > > > > > > Thank you for helping to support the creation of a wonderful operating > > > system. > > > > > > > > Mike Thompson > > > > CTO/Co-Founder Atomz > > > > mike@atomz.com > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message > > > > > >-- > > >Michael Lucas mwlucas@FreeBSD.org, mwlucas@BlackHelicopters.org > > >http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/q/Big_Scary_Daemons > > > > > > Absolute BSD: http://www.AbsoluteBSD.com/ > >-- >Michael Lucas mwlucas@FreeBSD.org, mwlucas@BlackHelicopters.org >http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/q/Big_Scary_Daemons > > Absolute BSD: http://www.AbsoluteBSD.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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