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I tried using Autonomy's NLP product at work in (about) 2001. It had good functionality but when I later heard what HP was paying for Autonomy, I was flabbergas

I tried using Autonomy's NLP product at work in (about) 2001. It had good functionality but when I later heard what HP was paying for Autonomy, I was flabbergasted at what I thought was a very high price for their IP and software. I had no inside information of Autonomy except for trying their product, so take my opinions with a grain of salt.

tootie 5y ago
They had a lot of big customers. In the web 1.0 days, Autonomy was the de facto search platform for any big enterprise project. It was the Oracle of search. Similarly, I did quite of projects using the Interwoven suite of products that were acquired by Autonomy. The software was really not very impressive, but it was functional enough and had loads of deep-pocketed customers.