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Thanks to everyone for the feedback! Based on what I've read here and
elsewhere, I'll ask Those Who Sign Checks to buy X1 Professional Client.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan Goldstein
> Sent: Monday, July 07, 2008 1:55 PM
> To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> Subject: Input on desktop search utilities
> We've been using Copernic for a while now. Google
> Desktop has security and privacy issues, and
> Windows Search is kind of slow. Copernic has
> worked well for us in various situations -- Word
> text embedded in Visio documents, folders that
> were reorganized by documentation project changes,
> etc.
>
> When we originally downloaded Copernic, it was
> free for commercial use, but now it requires a
> license. I've heard a little about X1 Professional
> Client, and I was wondering if anyone had enough
> experience to compare the two. The cost is nearly
> identical; the only question is which would do a
> better job searching our corporate documents,
> considering both speed and security.
>
> Any thoughts?
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