13 Quotes by Dave Girouard

We've taken a page from our friends in the maps teams and borrowed a bit from the desktop team.

We definitely see a situation where a significant number of customers are probably questioning whether the Verity products will be developed and supported going forward.

We're not just aiming to partner with the big guys.

There are a bunch of legacy search solutions out there that, in our view, have not been updated or redeveloped recently. This is aimed at any company using a search solution that is long in the tooth.

We are certainly much smaller than the mother ship, but we are doubling in size every year and are profitable.

Enterprise search software is so clearly bereft of soul. Enterprise search has not been useful to users. It's not simple, comprehensive or reliable.

On the Web, there's almost nothing you can't get through the single search box. We're looking to extend that to the enterprise, so that people are searching not just documents and Web pages, but are able to get contact info, customer info and inventory levels all with one click -- whatever they need to get the job done.

It's a fast ramp and a wide ramp. We know the demand is out there already.

It's not just looking through Web pages. It's actually a front door to business applications.