Hi,
Apache CouchDB: Keeps data closer
user value, benefit not technical feature
johs
> On 10. aug. 2015, at 16.06, Joan Touzet <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hey everyone,
>
> I don't know where we landed on this discussion last time, but I'm
> fairly sure we didn't come to any sort of agreement.
>
> Our current tag-line for CouchDB is pretty unwieldy:
>
> "Apache CouchDB is a database that uses JSON for documents,
> JavaScript for MapReduce indexes, and regular HTTP for its API"
>
> With the addition of mango, it's also inaccurate. I'm sure we can do
> better!
>
> Previously I remember seeing the suggestion:
>
> "Apache CouchDB: The database that {replicates|syncs}."
>
> I'm finding that really snappy. If you had to pick a single feature that
> CouchDB does better than anyone else, it's the multi-master replication.
> It does leave out a lot of great things we do, though.
>
>
> Here's the taglines of some of our "competitors":
>
> "The Apache Cassandra database is the right choice when you need
> scalability and high availability without compromising performance."
>
> "Apache HBase™ is the Hadoop database, a distributed, scalable, big
> data store."
>
> "The Apache™ Hadoop® project develops open-source software for reliable,
> scalable, distributed computing."
>
> "CouchBase 3.0: A distributed database engineered for performance,
> scalability, and simplified administration."
>
> "MongoDB: Agility, scalability, performance. Pick three."
>
> "Redis is an open source, BSD licensed, advanced key-value cache and
> store."
>
> "Riak KV is a distributed NoSQL database that is highly available,
> scalable and easy to operate"
>
> "ElasticSearch: Search & Analyze Data in Real Time"
>
>
> What other ideas do you have for a tagline for CouchDB? The only rules
> are: one sentence, the shorter the better, and focused on CouchDB's
> unique strength(s).
>
> -Joan
>
>
> Disclaimer: This is brainstorming only. The discussion may or may not
> lead to a new CouchDB tagline. Please, no negativity.
