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--- bootcat:news:important_announcement [2012/05/30 15:16] – created eros
+++ bootcat:news:important_announcement [2012/06/18 17:38] – eros
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 ====== A new version will be released soon  ======
-On May 17, 2012 Bing announced that **version 1.0** of their Search API (a fundamental service used by BootCaT) will be decommissioned on August 1, 2012. This means that the current version of BootCaT will stop working on that day.
+On May 17, 2012 [[http://bing.com|Bing]] announced that **version 2.0** of their Search API (a fundamental service used by BootCaT) will be decommissioned on August 1, 2012. This means that the current version of BootCaT will stop working on that day.
-Introducing **version 2.0** of the search API, Bing said that "for up to 5,000 queries per month, developers can access the API for free on the Windows Azure Marketplace. At this level, the large majority of our existing developers – including non-profits, educational institutions, and smaller scale applications– can continue using the service for free."
+Moreover, Bing is no longer allowing users to register for version 2 of the Bing Search API, this means that, while existing AppIds will continue working until August 1, **new users will not be able to obtain an AppId and therefore will not be able to use BootCaT**.
-This is very good news for BootCaT since 5.000 queries per month should be more than enough for typical users of the application.
+The next version of the service, called Windows Azure Marketplace, will be supported by the new version of BootCaT, which is scheduled to be released in the summer of 2012.
-A new version of BootCaT will be released in the coming weeks in preparation for the transition to the new search API.
+Summing up:
+  * if you have an AppId you should be able to continue using it until August 1, 2012
+  * if you **don't have** an AppId, you won't be able to get one that is compatible with the current version of BootCat, there are only two things you can do:
+    * borrow an AppId from someone else
+    * wait for the next version of BootCaT to be released
+====== BootCaT and Bing are two very different things ======
+The authors of BootCaT (mostly people working at the universities of Bologna and Trento) are in no way affiliated with Bing (a commercial search engine controlled by Microsoft).