This week at the FAST Forward 09 Conference [1] in Las Vegas Microsoft announced a new plan to package FAST search with Sharepoint. What's particularly intriguing about this announcement is that they are adding the search capability for the relatively low price of $25,000 per server. Microsoft also indicated it will continue to support existing FAST products for another 10 years, which must have come as a relief to the existing customer base. Article [2]
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[1] http://www.fastforward09-micro.com/
[2] http://www.enterprisesearchblog.com/2009/02/a-roadmap-for-fast-inside-of-microsoft-fast-forward-09-coverage.html