You have a typo in your first paragraph:
> We think that open soruce is...
Show HN: Bloom – A free and open source 'Google'
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#82I like what you're trying to do and definitely something id use when it's more mature. Not a comment on the quality or feature set, i just like to know tech isn't going to stop being supported after I spend time migrating to it.
I do have to say though that I think you're really setting yourself up to underwhelm with that Google comparison. Google is absolutely a search engine first and foremost in everyone's minds. Normie or geek. No one says "I googled it" to mean they innovated.
Second after search their most prominent product is Gmail, something you're not tackling either.
Re: Show HN: Bloom – A free and open source 'Google'
#83This is interesting and (like everyone else) I have a few questions:
- Will this be based on open, industry standard protocols?
- It looks like there are multiple applications combined into one giant system in the web- and Android apps right now. Will those be interchangeable (with say, third party implementations)? Are the apps somehow connected (do the music player and the gallery for example get their content from the drive)? (Basically, does it follow something like the Unix principles [1]?)
- Can I self-host this without AWS? If no were there any privacy/ethical considerations taken around the decision to go full-AWS?
I know these are critical questions but as a potential customer I'd like to know this kinda stuff. I understand if you don't have answers to everything atm though and I like the spirit of this project! :)
Re: Show HN: Bloom – A free and open source 'Google'
#84Earlier quoted context omitted.
FWIW, I work for Google (not on google.com), and would definitely fit into the "geek" category, and I still assumed you were talking about an OSS search engine.
Hi, currently we absolutely do not plan to create a search engine: it requires too much resources for self hosting, I think we currently have great option for all the spectrum (From Google search to DuckDuckGo), and because an open source search engine will be tricked by all kind of nasty SEO Experts and it will be very hard to promote actually good Content. I dared the Google comparison thinking about it's productiv…
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Re: Show HN: Bloom – A free and open source 'Google'
#85Minor nit: you probably mean "suite" instead of "suit".
Re: Show HN: Bloom – A free and open source 'Google'
#86Wouldn't "G Suite" be more descriptive than "Google"? Putting it in quotes kind of makes you think you're not referring to the search engine, but still... However that may be I love the mission, awesome work!
Hi, Productivity is the current foundation, but you can think having an open source Bloom tractor in some years. I've dared the Google comparison, because I see Google as an innovative tech giant who have an app for all our needs. We have the same goal. But open source.
With respect, if you're not targeting Google Search, then you're not targeting "Google".
You don't help your case by misleading your prospective customers, who are themselves self-identified "geeks" who might be able to help you make this goal a success.
Re: Show HN: Bloom – A free and open source 'Google'
#87Wow, ambitious! Your sheer nerve is enough to click on the link and check it out. :) As a potential early adopter that has seen countless would-be world-changing technology efforts come and go, in order to personally get me on the bandwagon, it would help to know a few things that didn't stand out to me at first, even after visiting the https://bloom.sh website. (1) When I think Google I think "search" first and fore…
> When I think Google I think "search" first and foremost, and I didn't see a search demo or anything. I was expecting something related to search as well. This project is about the Google applications, though. That's ambitious and a great thing! I wish the devs the best of luck! Sadly, though, I don't use those sorts of online apps and so I'm not in the target market.
Thank you!
Offline first[0] is planned for Q3/Q4 2019 :)
Re: Show HN: Bloom – A free and open source 'Google'
#88Minor nit: you probably mean "suite" instead of "suit".
Yeah, Thank you!
Fixed :)
Re: Show HN: Bloom – A free and open source 'Google'
#89You have a typo in your first paragraph: > We think that open soruce is...
Thank you, fixed.
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#90Earlier quoted context omitted.
What does "non plus ultra" mean?
Literally, it means "not more further", i.e. it is the peak, there is nothing better, this is the ultimate thing compared to others (like, you could say "my Model X is the non plus ultra of electric SUVs", just for example). I guess it is not a common expression but I like the phrase. ;-)
I think a (slightly) more common expression would be "nec plus ultra".