Oh interesting stuff there – I’ve always liked the idea of FAST (not cheap as a search platform) but they’ve certainly thought a bit about how to scale – will be interesting to see if this mean’s a change to the supported platforms and roadmap moving forward

Wants to mine web with Fast buy

Microsoft is to acquire Norwegian business search engine company Fast Search and Transfer for 6.6bn kroner ($1.23bn).…

[From Microsoft bids $1.23bn for Norwegian search firm]