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Re: [ontolog-forum] Wolfram Alpha preview

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From: Randall R Schulz <rschulz@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 6 May 2009 08:38:25 -0700
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On Wednesday May 6 2009, John F. Sowa wrote:
> Randall,
>
>  ...
>
> > Perhaps more easily answered, what magnitude of hardware outlay is
> > required to serve a given volume of Alpha queries vs. ordinary Web
> > searches?
>
> Since they have less data than Google, they would have much less
> hardware.  I'm sure that they don't have server farms of anything
> approaching the magnitude of Google's.    (01)

Of course (at least for now), but the question was
about ratios: "... for a given volume of queries ..."    (02)


> ...
>
> But those are questions that you should ask Stephen W.    (03)

We've never met... Though I did attend one of his public lectures after 
ANKOS came out.    (04)


> John    (05)


Randall Schulz    (06)

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