You guys are moving too slow :) http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3296363
On 30 November 2011 21:06, Jason Hess <[email protected]> wrote: > +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 > >> -- > >> > > > >
