Something interactive that shows off CouchDB a bit would be awesome. Immediately, I am thinking about what I saw earlier on Redis: http://try.redis-db.com/
I am not saying that would be the best fit or that it would be a good idea to copy it. Just wanting to throw out some ideas. Jonathan Porta On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 5:09 AM, Robert Newson <[email protected]> wrote: > ++++1 for a revamped couchdb.apache.org. The most recent change, I > think, was mine, which simply dropped the misleading diagram in the > top-right. Long past time for an overhaul. Who has the time and skill > to make this happen? > > B. > > On 20 February 2012 12:02, Simon Metson <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi, >>> I was asking what other people feel about the issue at hand. There is >>> obviously an issue. But how important is it and what should we do about it? >>> Is it a short-term problem? If that's the case, community and good-will >>> might be our tool. Or is it a long-term problem? In which case, we might >>> want to consider other, more direct, measures. >>> >>> >> >> I think there is a short term fix to some of these issues. As the original >> post says when you go to the apache project page you "see >> a very stale project page". I know this has come up time and again but >> fixing that seems to be a fairly easy thing to do (and should be done >> regardless of the wider issues) and would help alleviate some of the >> confusion. I appreciate the "let the code speak for itself" response that >> came after Damien's departure but that only works for people already engaged >> with the community. For new users (or users not so involved) it's a PR >> disaster IMHO. Having a clear message about what CouchDB is and how it >> (doesn't) relate to Couchbase on the front page seems necessary, and might >> help matters while wider issues are resolved. What needs to be done to close >> that out and how can I (and others) help? >> >> Also, the Hadoop guys have quite a nice page: >> http://wiki.apache.org/hadoop/Defining%20Hadoop. If we apply the same >> reasoning as that I'd say Damien's original post would probably fall under >> inappropriate use, and Couchbase as a competing product possibly does too >> (c.f. "Hadooping the motor industry") >> Cheer >> Simon
