Comments on: Quaeroless? Exalead CEO Says There'll Be No Quaero Site

By: Moos

Moos — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 21:42:54 +0000

I agree with Loic Le Meur and I would like to add that the exalead search engine project is as wak as quaero.

By: NilsR

NilsR — Thu, 11 May 2006 10:04:11 +0000

Loic Le Meur has some other thoughts on the aim of the Quaero project:

Quaero: 10 reasons why the French search engine will fail.
http://www.loiclemeur.com/english/2006/05/quaero_10_reaso.html

By: PhoenixP3K

PhoenixP3K — Wed, 03 May 2006 20:29:41 +0000

Back when I first heard about the project I was clearly informed that Quaero was just a code name. So what if the guy doesn’t know what a mouse is, the development team he’s paying does. Besides nobody is trying to create a Google competitor, just like Google brought a new way to make search on the Web those are the goal of Quaero project. So from what I heard this as nothing to do with a Google killer it’s a complement, alternative not replacement.

By: steph

steph — Sat, 29 Apr 2006 07:17:46 +0000

“Chirac “doesn’t even know what a mouse is,” Bourdoncle told me.”

This is 100% TRUE, or at least it was some years ago.
President Chirac was at an inauguration, some guy told him “President click with the mouse”. Chirac, with dumb face, asked “C’est quoi une souris? C’est le mulot” (“What’s a mouse? Is it this apodemus?)
Of course, TV was here, and the event was broadcasted.

By: Luc

Luc — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 16:27:27 +0000

Hi John,

I'm a frequent reader of your blog, and thank you for the great work you do!

I think one of the reasons Chirac is pushing this project is also because the information search engines can store on their users is extremely valuable. I believe this is not about save-european-culture from evil-american-imperialism but much rather about trying to get european companies get some of that information somehow, although it is not necessarily the message PR is giving. Sure posing as the "European culture champion" is a much better political choice for Chirac, but his real intent probably is about security, economy, and social issues .

Luc

By: brian_hayashi

brian_hayashi — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 22:53:17 +0000

The keiretsu angle is more on target than meets the eye. While Bourdoncle may indicate that Chirac doesn’t even know what a mouse is, I’d bet that Chirac remembers Minitel. Chirac is pushing forward on a variety of fronts on initiatives that diminish the role of the U.S. on the fronts of Internet communication (English as the language of choice), command (taxation), control (who controls the Internet), and intelligence (technologies like Google that organize the world’s knowledge). Hm. C3I. Ring any bells?

By: Bill

Bill — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 21:20:42 +0000

John

I'm a frequent and enthusiastic reader of Searchblog, but pleeease could you get some new advertisers! I'm sick of looking at those MS dinosaurs and reading their lame conversations.

Keep up the good work.