Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-couchdb-user-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 98021 invoked from network); 5 Mar 2009 13:56:51 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.2) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 5 Mar 2009 13:56:51 -0000 Received: (qmail 89359 invoked by uid 500); 5 Mar 2009 13:56:49 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-couchdb-user-archive@couchdb.apache.org Received: (qmail 89330 invoked by uid 500); 5 Mar 2009 13:56:49 -0000 Mailing-List: contact user-help@couchdb.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: user@couchdb.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list user@couchdb.apache.org Received: (qmail 89319 invoked by uid 99); 5 Mar 2009 13:56:49 -0000 Received: from nike.apache.org (HELO nike.apache.org) (192.87.106.230) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Thu, 05 Mar 2009 05:56:49 -0800 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.0 required=10.0 tests=SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (nike.apache.org: local policy) Received: from [66.220.1.235] (HELO mail.proven-corporation.com) (66.220.1.235) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Thu, 05 Mar 2009 13:56:39 +0000 Received: from [192.168.3.11] (ppp-58-8-64-72.revip2.asianet.co.th [58.8.64.72]) by mail.proven-corporation.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 632ADC5B22 for ; Thu, 5 Mar 2009 20:56:17 +0700 (ICT) Message-ID: <49AFD9FF.8070703@proven-corporation.com> Date: Thu, 05 Mar 2009 20:56:15 +0700 From: Jason Smith User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (X11/20090105) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: user@couchdb.apache.org Subject: Re: Chance of including CouchDB in Linux distros or desktops? References: <49AF8DC6.8000508@proven-corporation.com> <20090305133159.GB22663@tumbolia.org> In-Reply-To: <20090305133159.GB22663@tumbolia.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org Noah Slater wrote: > On Thu, Mar 05, 2009 at 01:15:18PM +0100, Jan Lehnardt wrote: >> On 5 Mar 2009, at 09:31, Jason Smith wrote: >>> What are the chances that the free software movers and shakers could >>> successfully lobby CouchDB to be included in the Freedesktop.org >>> system? >> "A couch on every desktop" sounds like a worthy cause and I think it >> makes sense to spend time on this :) > > Come on, let's not make the common mistake of getting distracted with technology > for technology's sake. I would like to see a detailed use case for having a > standard CouchDB database available. What actual problem would this solve? Talk like that is why there is never (let's be kind: "hardly") any innovation on the Linux desktop. Anyway, perhaps you're right, but what is the opportunity cost of not having an advanced data store provided by the OS? IMO CouchDB is suitable for a large class of desktop apps as well as web apps. It's synchronization features work well with users' distributed-style usage (where one user may use a laptop, a desktop which dual-boots, and a workstation at the office, plus cloud/web apps). Also, I am inspired by the story of SQLite, which suggests that you ditch your custom binary file format in place of a structured, queryable format. For this reason (and others), SQLite has become the most widely-deployed software package in the world (it's on every Windows, Mac, and Linux box and a slew of mobile phones). -- Jason Smith Proven Corporation Bangkok, Thailand http://www.proven-corporation.com