+1 on the blog post.
On Nov 30, 2011, at 11:04 AM, Mikeal Rogers wrote: > you should make this a blog post so that I can link to it :) > > On Nov 30, 2011, at November 30, 20119:43 AM, Jan Lehnardt wrote: > >> Apache CouchDB is Alive and Kicking >> >> “The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.” — Mark Twain >> >> >> In the past days at the end of November 2011, a few news items hit the >> tech scene that suggested that the Apache CouchDB project is done for. >> >> We, the Apache CouchDB team, are writing to you today: do not worry, >> the project is alive and well. >> >> >> Canonical and Ubuntu One >> >> In 2009 Canonical decided to base the data sync feature of their Ubuntu >> One project on Apache CouchDB. Its goal was to allow seamless synchro- >> nisation of personal data between different computers and devices and their >> cloud hosting service. A use-case that seemed perfect for >> CouchDB at the time, and we consider that still to be the case. >> >> Individuals from the CouchDB team have worked closely with the dev-elopers >> at Canonical to help making Ubuntu One a success. At some >> point in the past, these individuals developed patches to adapt CouchDB >> to certain Ubuntu One use cases. These patches diverged from the main >> CouchDB code base. >> >> Over time, it became harder and harder to reconcile these changes with >> the main CouchDB code base, so fixing bugs and rolling out new features >> from more recent CouchDB release took a lot more time and energy. >> >> At some point in the near past, we presume, Canonical decided to not >> pursue this any further. And we respect that decision and we wish them >> best with their development of their new U1DB, which is a database- >> agnostic API that takes after CouchDB's API, but is tied closer >> to their particular feature set. >> >> We'd like to thank Canonical for officially endorsing this part of the >> message. >> >> >> “The company behind CouchDB” >> >> During the development of Ubuntu One, Cannonical worked with Couchbase, >> who happen to employ some of CouchDB's committers. In a recent an- >> nouncement, they erroneously described Couchbase as the company behind >> CouchDB. We'd like the set the record straight by saying that this isn't >> the case. CouchDB is an Apache Software Foundation project and has no >> corporate sponsor. >> >> We are fortunate enough to have a number of companies who employ our >> committers or sponsor individual people to work on the project. These >> people, however, contribute to the project as individuals, regardless of >> their involvement with Cloudant, Couchbase, Enki Multimedia, Iris Couch, >> or any other corporate entity. >> >> >> The Future >> >> Apache CouchDB will continue to build great database technology and >> release stable, mature and trustworthy releases for our developers to >> build great applications on. >> >> We want to thank everybody for their support and look forward to a great >> future! >> >> On behalf of the The Apache CouchDB Project Management Committee, >> >> Jan Lehnardt, >> Chairman >> -- >> >
