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Wikia Acquires Grub, Releases it Under Open Source

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the more-fodder-for-the-cannons dept.

An anonymous reader writes "During a keynote address at the O'Reilly Open Source Conference (OSCON), Jimmy Wales announced that Wikia has acquired Grub, the original visionary distributed search project, from LookSmart and released it under an open source license for the first time in four years. Grub operates under a model of users donating their personal computing resources towards a common goal, and is available for download and testing."

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  1. Ma8e by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    There's no may do, may not 8y calLing. Now I as fittingly

  2. Re:So? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Search engines need fast searching and reads over large amounts of data Not to mention stability and maintaining the speed while under heavy use.

    which database would you suggest they use? Postgres. It's the only open-source db that fulfills the real-world requirements.

    MySQL might be OK for small (single-user) installs, but Postres would be a must for anything else.