Wikiwix Mystery Solved!

By Ollie Parsley in Wikipedia on May 21 2007

Wikiwix

Early this morning on TechCrunch Martin Pascal, the creator of Wikiwix explained what Wikiwix is and why it was created, thus solving the mystery that started on TechJuicer a few days ago. His comment is quoted in French, and also a Google Translated version. 

French (original)

Bonjour,
Je vais répondre en français afin de ne pas alimenter une polémique je vais clarifier certains points.
Oui, nous sommes en partenariat avec la fondation wikimedia pour la création du CD ( http://www.wikipediaondvd.com )
Non, nous ne sommes pas en partenariat avec la fondation wikimedia pour le moteur de recherche ( http://www.wikiwix.com ).

Ce moteur de recherche a été conçu pour promouvoir la vente du CD de wikipedia 0.5, et que c’est pour cela que nous pensions pouvoir utiliser le nom de domaine wikipediasearch.net. Mais la fondation a finalement jugé que cela était hors du contrat ce qui explique donc la redirection.

Nous avons développé notre propre technologie afin de concevoir ce moteur de recherche.

Nous allons passé à une indexation en temps réel dans le courant de la semaine prochaine.

Comme nous sommes une petite société de 8 personnes , nous n’avons pas les moyens de faire une indexation totale de l’encyclopédie et que c’est pour cela que nous nous focalisons sur les articles.

Cordialement
Martin Pascal

English (Google Translated)

Hello, I will answer in French in order not to feed a polemic I will clarify certain points. Yes, we are in partnership with the foundation wikimedia for the creation of CD (http://www.wikipediaondvd.com) Not, we are not in partnership with the foundation wikimedia for the search engine (http://www.wikiwix.com). This search engine was designed to promote the sale of CD of wikipedia 0.5, and that therefore we thought of being able to use the domain name wikipediasearch.net. But the foundation finally judged that that was out of the contract what thus explains the redirection. We developed our own technology in order to design this search engine. We go last to an indexing in real time in the current of the next week. As we are a small company of 8 people, we do not have the means of making a total indexing of the encyclopaedia and that therefore we focus ourselves on the articles. Cordially Martin Pascal

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