Did you know that Microsoft Kumo is built on open source software?

Microsoft bought the company named “Powerset” which is powered by open source software outside it’s core proprietary technology – XLE ranking algorithm, licensed from Palo Alto.
Powerset generates it’s search index using Hapoop, the same open-source software that juices Yahoo’s search engine.
Microsoft is not a big fan of open source software and it is not clear whether they would rip the technology out and replace it with their proprietary software.
Source of news can be found here — Microsoft’s new search – Built on open-source.

Microsoft’s rebranded search engine named “Microsoft Kumo” is expected to launch on June 2. The new engine is going to replace Windows Live Search in the hopes of giving it a snappier name and hopefully attract more users into the engine.

It is not yet clear what the new features of the new search engine of Kumo are, but it is speculated that the announcement would be made on June 2 in preparation for its planned summer advertisments.
Circulating screenshot and reports say that the search engine Kumo can be broken down by relevant categories. That sounds like Vivisimo.
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