Obviously there needs to be some searching solution other than
interMedia, for Postgres support. And I believe that that solution
should support both Postgres and Oracle if at all possible.
However, for those who use Oracle, interMedia is there and for
one reason or another they might want to use it. IMHO OpenACS
should support it as fully as possible; maybe someone will
eventually learn how to really use it and teach the rest of us.
This does not mean I advocate being EE-centric, however; I just
don't think interMedia should be ignored or dropped. I really
have no idea how much of the lameness I see in it is due to
interMedia itself and how much is due to the ACS's limited use of
it; I suspect there is plenty of blame to go around. :)
