IndexTank closes down in 24 hours, and Searchify has your back

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With today's acquisition news, I think this is a good reminder of what happens to a lot of companies when they get acquired.

IndexTank was a good product, and it's a shame that they didn't continue with it. Yeah they open sourced everything, but that just isn't going to be the same as if the original team was still developing it.

When an acquisition happens, everyone in the valley is happy, but so often the users lose out in the end.

The Searchify team grocked the code really fast and already started improving on it.

Would you have your children stay with their 1st grade teacher all through elementary, middle and high school?

I don't agree with that analogy. To me it's more like saying that your children should have different parents through elementary/middle/high school.

I am not a customer but I feel for those who have to untangle their products from IndexTank.

I don't know the products well, but if there's parity between them I would be interested in an explanation of what likely went wrong at IndexTank (business or technology-wise) and why Searchify thinks it can avoid those problems.

Nothing went wrong. It was a good deal for everyone involved. The opportunity for Search as a Service is still there.

"untangle from IndexTank"? The whole point of this post is to remind people how trivialy easy it is to switch from IndexTank to Searchify. They are the same product.

Hey guys, not only Searchify, but http://IndexDen.com also ready to support IndexTank users.

Heard about you through jimmy in houston, wish you the best of luck.

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