I attended ACM RecSys (http://recsys.acm.org/2010/) this week and came across a number of people who used it. Lots of people had heard of it and had some intention of trying it out.
On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 3:37 PM, Sean Owen <sro...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yes I know (directly) of 5 companies using Mahout for recommenders, and > only > 1 allows it to be mentioned -- Mippin. There are of course more that aren't > known to me. > > In several cases, the people who built the system don't work directly for > the company. They're fine with mentioning it, but it's not really their > place or worth their time to push on the ultimate company for clearance. > > There are a number of interesting names on the @mahout.apache.org mailing > lists... > > On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 2:21 PM, Isabel Drost <isa...@apache.org> wrote: > > > On Fri, 1 Oct 2010 Grant Ingersoll <gsing...@apache.org> wrote: > > > I'm working on a few... I know they are out there, as they email in > > > private. > > > > Same here: One huge fear that people seem to have is to reveal the > > inner workings of their system not only to the public but also to > > potential competitors by putting their name on our list. > > > > Isabel > > > > >
