Sorry everyone, I realized I ruined Jan's excellent joke by replying to early. I was laughing so much I replied without thinking.
On Friday, 01 April 2016, Hans J Schroeder <[email protected]> wrote: > Oh, what a convincing good bye letter. I was buying it until I read > Garren’s response. > The “finally going back to C++” should have made me suspicious though. > > > On 01 Apr 2016, at 18:50 , Eli Stevens (Gmail) <[email protected] > <javascript:;>> wrote: > > > > Can't wait to finally see some movement on that Mongo-on-MyISAM work > > I've heard so much about! > > > > On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 11:51 PM, Александр Опак > > <[email protected] <javascript:;>> wrote: > >> 😀 > >> > >> 2016-04-01 9:51 GMT+03:00 Ameen <[email protected] <javascript:;>>: > >> > >>> This is what gave it away! > >>> > >>>> I’m glad I’m finally done with Erlang and I can’t wait to > >>> get back into C++! > >>> > >>> 😂 > >>> On Apr 1, 2016 12:18 PM, "Garren Smith" <[email protected] > <javascript:;>> wrote: > >>> > >>>> Haha that is brilliant. You almost had me there. > >>>> > >>>> On Fri, Apr 1, 2016 at 8:45 AM, Jan Lehnardt <[email protected] > <javascript:;>> wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> Dear Apache CouchDB Community: > >>>>> > >>>>> as of today, I’m stepping down from all offices at the ASF: I’ll step > >>>>> down as Vice President of Apache CouchDB and Apache CouchDB PMC Chair > >>>>> and I’ll resign from the PMC. I’ll retain my commit bit, but don’t > >>>>> expect much from me. All issues assigned to me in JIRA can be > released. > >>>>> > >>>>> tl;dr: MongoDB, Inc. has made me an offer that I cannot refuse. > >>>>> > >>>>> The thing that excites me about CouchDB is, obviously, replication, > but > >>>>> I think it is SO important that I want many many more people be able > to > >>>>> make use of it. Also obviously, MongoDB is the most popular database > by > >>>>> far, so it’s a natural step to go there and add replication. > >>>>> > >>>>> MongoDB has gotten a lot of ridicule from the industry, although the > >>>>> CouchDB community has always kept it civil (“right tool for the > job”), > >>>>> but MongoDB 3.0’s WiredTiger storage engine is finally catching up > and > >>>>> their distributed systems game is getting there. I’m excited about > the > >>>>> sneak peeks I’ve gotten for MongoDB 4.0 and beyond! > >>>>> > >>>>> Here’s the deal: MongoDB, Inc as hired me to bring replication to > >>>>> MongoDB. I get a budget, a capable team, and you’ll see my commitment > >>>>> to open source data storage solutions continued in my new position, > >>>>> with exceptional code, docs, a sales team and big customers to > finally > >>>>> make my dent in the universe. My job is running the team, product > >>>>> management for the feature, but also getting dirty with the > >>>>> implementation. > >>>>> > >>>>> We don’t have a ship date yet, but in the spirit of MongoDB’s speed, > >>>>> we’ll try to get something thrown together for 4.0, maybe a preview > in > >>>>> 3.5. I’m sure it’ll be grand. > >>>>> > >>>>> Most of all, I’m glad I’m finally done with Erlang and I can’t wait > to > >>>>> get back into C++! > >>>>> > >>>>> * * * > >>>>> > >>>>> I’d like to say thank you to each and every one of you who have > worked > >>>>> on or used CouchDB over the years. The interactions with the people > >>>>> here are what matter most and are what I’ll remember long past any > >>>>> technology we might have been working on at the time. > >>>>> > >>>>> I’ve spent a few months short of a decade working on CouchDB, and I > >>>>> have a lot to show for it, but it’s clearly time to move on. > >>>>> > >>>>> So long, and relax! > >>>>> Jan > >>>>> -- > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> github: > >> https://github.com/OpakAlex > >
