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Business model
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Basic elements to determine operational (not development) cost
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- The code is all open – universities may prefer to run their own (in which case you request that they sponsor to help keep the code updated)
- Service providers may decide they could host competitive search services, with their own value added in tweaks to relevance ranking, etc.
- As the price goes up, a cost benefit analysis will steer people to other options including custom Google search appliances, etc.
Technical Risks...
Indexing is too slow
This could be a problem for two reasons
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