> On 06 May 2015, at 18:59, Giovanni Lenzi <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> To get this rolling, we need to understand what we do and why we do it.
> 
> Considered couchapps new amazing features(
> http://markmail.org/message/poxvkumqqi4fugeo and
> http://markmail.org/message/rfbczt46ytlldjtj) and ermouth proposal for a
> platform-indipendent and browser-only couchapp development environment(
> http://markmail.org/message/rckxmbx3tl7nags5), Couchapps can really have
> big impact on CouchDB adoption-rate... so I think they are a big plus for
> the project.

That is fantastic! Again, I’m not advocating to remove any of the tech
that makes this happen.

> Furthermore, as CouchDB Hosting provider, I can say Couchapps are
> extensively used by users..so the story could be  instead to give them
> more visibility, by advocating them and clarifying what they can and cannot
> do.. with facts, tutorials, examples and benchmarks.

These are action items. Not a story. Let’s work on the story on marketing@,
before we agree on action items.

Best
Jan
--
“It is difficult to get a man to understand something,
 when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.”
 — Upton Sinclair




> 
> 
> 
> 2015-05-06 18:24 GMT+02:00 Jan Lehnardt <[email protected]>:
> 
>> 
>>> On 06 May 2015, at 18:18, Alexander Shorin <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>> On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 6:49 PM, Giovanni Lenzi <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>>> What you all think about it?
>>> 
>>> I think we need just clarify what CouchApp is, define it's show cases
>>> and area where they are works perfectly.
>>> First step is to back couchapp.org online (almost done). Then, just
>>> fill it the right content. That will solve any confusions.
>> 
>> Before we fix anything, we need to understand how to fix it. To understand
>> how to fix it we need to understand what we do. To understand what we do,
>> we need to understand why we do it. — Hence, we first need to find a “The
>> Why of CouchDB” story that reflects our intentions before any of the other
>> decisions can happen. That’s what my original message is about.
>> 
>> 
>>> I'm -1 for removal CouchApps as a since it's not possible as CouchApps
>>> are not a some entity, but a way of organizing design documents in
>>> order to solve some specific problem.
>> 
>> The problem is, as outlined in my emails on marketing@ that I linked
>> earlier
>> that “CouchApp” means at least eight different things to different groups
>> of
>> people. That is terribly confusing and makes people new to CouchDB leave us
>> in spades because it is just too complicated.
>> 
>> I never meant for the actual technical features in CouchDB to be removed
>> and
>> I never said so.
>> 
>>> We just need to find a sweet spot, a right vector for their future since
>> as
>>> for now I feel CouchApp as a technology is just lost in space.
>> 
>> Exactly, and its harming CouchDB.
>> 
>> To get this rolling, we need to understand what we do and why we do it.
>> Then
>> we can decide if and how “CouchApp” in whatever form fits into this.
>> 
>> Best
>> Jan
>> --
>> 

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