[Search-l] "depends on having something to work with"

[Jimmy Wales]

Well, anyone who wants a login account on the servers should just email 
me and ask. :)  It really is that easy.  (I have to know you of course 
or have some good idea of who you are.)

Seth Finkelstein wrote:
> On Wed, May 09, 2007 at 03:06:13PM +0000, Fred Bauder wrote:
>> The role we will play depends on having something to work with,
>> at least a minimum system being up and available. Right now, there
>> is nothing but a mailing list, which does not discuss anything I
>> understand, other than that press releases, or criticisms of them,
>> are not a search engine.
> 
> 	I agree with you, but since funding seems to be such a tough
> issue, and nobody has been hurt by vaporware announcements, I'm
> inclined to be very charitable on that topic. I could imagine
> Valleywag or some other snark-blog doing a "Show Me The Servers!"
> post. But, myself, I'd rather just let it alone and wait for anything
> to happen, than go through a "Kabuki" of "soon ... deal's in the
> works ... big things on the horizon ... the sun'll come out tomorrow ..."
>