[Search-l] Wikia Press Release on search project

[Seth Finkelstein]

On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 01:37:16AM -0500, jer wrote:
> First, apologize about the delayed response, I'm only now really  
> getting my inbox under control :)

	Completely understood :-)
 
>>	Of course. But it wasn't clear if you're a peer who was
>> getting press because of marquee value, or a superordinate being
>> modest. That's what I was trying to clarify.
> 
> I hope I wouldn't have to choose, I'm not sure I prefer either option,
> nor are either of them really very useful for getting things done.

	Unfortunately, it does make a difference. For example, if my
jaded and cynical perspective comes to annoy you, as a superordinate
you *can* throw me off the list, as a peer, you could not. Of course,
of course, one would hope it would never come to that. However, the
difference in ability to do so, *matters*.

	And if Wikia gives you a salary and/or equity (which again, is
a good thing), please do not pretend that doesn't have an effect.

>> The news reports indicated that Wikia was delegating project
>> authority to you:
> 
> For the resources Wikia is contributing yes, I hope they'll trust my  
> opinions (and requests).  This "project" being an open community  
> though there isn't really any authority other than those who are  
> contributing, and for that I hope in time my actions will speak for  
> themselves.

	Someone has to go to the check-writers and say, we need X
storage and Y bandwidth and Z cpu-power, etc. And it's almost always
going to be more than they want to pay for. There's going to be
competing proposals for those resources, and someone will have to make
a decision on who gets priority. Just confirming, that's you.

>>As for further project benchmarks, "those are Jeremie's calls now," he
>>remarked. "I can tell you that we will start to see more communication
>>among the developers -- we will start building out more project  
>>roadmaps."
> 
> I'll at least try to be an instigator, and I'm not sure about anyone  
> else, but we could definitely use some more organization and  
> planning... more on that in other threads this week ;-)

	OK. I don't think much will happen until some solid resources
are available, but I assume you're working on that issue.

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