Well, user feedback was excellent. Even when the software didn`t work at all, there were few people who were avid users, and there were people who were just sending excellent feedback and excellent ideas.
There really was nothing like it at the time. We had good ideas for implementation, so we proceeded. I think it was an excellent solution to the reliability issues with existing search engines.
That`s why I ended up leaving school - because it required so much time, and it was such an excellent idea. I figured I would regret not going full force with this idea. It seemed we could make something of it.