Search Engines: Buy, Rent, Write?

[John Hambleton, Academic Information Services]

Peace,

This is a request for your opinions:

I want to provide a search engine for our library's web presentation.
What's the best route to go? Buy one, lease one, or write one?
I assume the most code is available for UNIX/Linux or WinNT?
What about Novell?

If writing one wins out--there's writing for the client side (JavaScript or
Java) or server side (TCL, Perl, C if UNIX; Maybe Visual Basic in WinNT?).
Which works out best?

Looking for any/all suggestions on the subject. Thanks much in advance.
Mr. H 

        
         
             
            
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