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Groonga CloudSearch is an open source implementation of Amazon CloudSearch.
http://gcs.groonga.org/
MIT License
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Writing a relase announce text for the initial release #13

Closed kou closed 12 years ago

kou commented 12 years ago

We need a release announce text for the initial release. It should be interested in people who are interested in Amazon CloudSearch. It should be posted as the our initial blog entry.

kou commented 12 years ago

We announce the initial release to only English speakers because we don't have time to prepare it for Japanese speakers.

piroor commented 12 years ago

Draft:

Today we shipped the initial release of "Groonga CloudSearch". It is made for all web developers who are planning to build web apps on the Amazon CloudSearch. You can download the package and read the tutorial on the home page of this project site.

What's the Amazon CloudSearch?:

It provides ability to index and search various documents on the cloud. You can upload documents and get the search result as JSON resources via its Web API. So, you can build web apps easily, without your custom database - instead you can use the Amazon CloudSearch as its back-end.

However, there is one issue. For some people it is hard to be tried, because it is fee-based online service and you have to sign up to the Amazon Web Services even if you just want to try it.

How the Groonga CloudSearch helps you?:

It is named as "CloudSearch" but it's not a SaaS. It is a software installable to your computer (Mac OS X, Ubuntu, Debian, CentOS, and so on.) It works as a web server which provides Web APIs compatible to the Amazon CloudSearch via HTTP. So, on the early phase, you can develop web apps as you like, you can measure the traffic, and so on, without signing up to the Amazon Web Services. When you are ready to release your service on the Web, you can switch the back-end from the Groonga CloudSearch to the Amazon CloudSearch. (Of course, you are also able to keep using the Groonga CloudSearch as the back-end, if you want.)

Currently, Groonga CloudSearch supports only some basic features of the Amazon ClourSearch APIs. We are keeping up to grow the compatibility. If you'd like to get involved, fork the repository on GitHub and send pull requests to us, please. Of course, we are also welcome your feedback.

piroor commented 12 years ago

I'll add some figures to describe relations of each applications and services.

piroor commented 12 years ago

The version 1.0.0 has been released.