Europe's leading search technology company Apptus, offers a safe passage for all users of FAST on Linux and Unix to Apptus’ search platform Theca.

Apptus, Europe's leading developer of search and content enrichment services for online directories, today announced that they will offer all users of the FAST Enterprise Search Platform to replace it with their own platform Theca at no cost for licenses. The announcement was made as a response to the spring news that FAST's present owner Microsoft will abandon all further Unix and Linux platform support for FAST."It seems that Microsoft wants to focus on enterprise search and integrate FAST with their own platform. A move that will make it difficult for online directories and digital