There was never a problem with developing new technology. It was the outrageous dissembling and secrecy around the Knowledge Engine that has caused this problem.<p>You cannot go into an organization with such an extreme ethos around transparency and openness as the WMF and get away with secretly coming up with a plan to compete against Google. That&#x27;s what was done, and I don&#x27;t care who on the Board say it wasn&#x27;t ever a plan to compete against Google with a search engine made by the WMF: that was the plan cooked up by Damon, and I&#x27;m certain Lila kept going with it, even when Damon left.