LinkedIn Buys Real-Time, Hosted Search Startup IndexTank • Hacker News Board

Re: LinkedIn Buys Real-Time, Hosted Search Startup IndexTank

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Post by foxylad » Wed, Oct 12, 2011, 1:19 AM UTC

Darn. I wanted to integrate IndexTank into our service next week, now I need to look at alternatives. The sooner you can confirm what happens next, the better.

Re: LinkedIn Buys Real-Time, Hosted Search Startup IndexTank

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Post by wslh » Wed, Oct 12, 2011, 2:32 AM UTC

IndexTank acquired by LinkedIn, Sapus Media's Cocos2D acquired by Zynga, two examples of excelent and very focused Argentinian products. Hope to see more from the south in the near future. It shows that there is light and a lot of value beyond software factories.

Congrats to Diego!

Re: LinkedIn Buys Real-Time, Hosted Search Startup IndexTank

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Post by diego » Wed, Oct 12, 2011, 2:33 AM UTC

foxylad wrote: post #41

Darn. I wanted to integrate IndexTank into our service next week, now I need to look at alternatives. The sooner you can confirm what happens next, the better.

Email support at indextank dot com, happy to help you out.

Re: LinkedIn Buys Real-Time, Hosted Search Startup IndexTank

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Oct 12, 2011, 4:09 AM UTC

rksprst wrote: post #34

jhandl wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We are going to do exactly what you described. If everything goes as planned, IndexTank will continue to live on.

"If everything goes as planned" is not something any business can rely on.

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Re: LinkedIn Buys Real-Time, Hosted Search Startup IndexTank

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Post by jhandl » Wed, Oct 12, 2011, 4:13 AM UTC

PabloOsinaga wrote: post #29

jhandl wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm reading. :)

So what specifically are you guys open sourcing and how does that complement existing open source search technologies like Lucene and the things that the folks over at Linkedin SNA have open sourced (e.g., Bobo, Sensei)?

It is our intention to open-source what the next provider will need to keep the service running. It's too early to tell what that exactly will be or how it will complement other SNA projects.

Re: LinkedIn Buys Real-Time, Hosted Search Startup IndexTank

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Post by jhandl » Wed, Oct 12, 2011, 4:15 AM UTC

rksprst wrote: post #34

jhandl wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We are going to do exactly what you described. If everything goes as planned, IndexTank will continue to live on.

"If everything goes as planned" is not something any business can rely on.

I believe it is not uncommon for businesses to rely on plans.

Re: LinkedIn Buys Real-Time, Hosted Search Startup IndexTank

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Post by alperakgun » Wed, Oct 12, 2011, 12:20 PM UTC

diego wrote: post #32

I want to believe that my own post is more interesting than the TC article :) http://blog.indextank.com/1221/indextank-linkedin-acquires-i...

congrats indextank, i always believed you had a very good business case. But can someone explain me why Linked-in is interested in such a business?

Re: LinkedIn Buys Real-Time, Hosted Search Startup IndexTank

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Post by rksprst » Wed, Oct 12, 2011, 6:49 PM UTC

jhandl wrote: post #46

rksprst wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"If everything goes as planned" is not something any business can rely on.

I believe it is not uncommon for businesses to rely on plans.

It is common for a business to rely on it's own plans. It is uncommon (or at the very least a bad business decision) for a business to reply on the plans of another business.