geez when do u folks sleep?! I appreciate this thread and I did still want to respond - in gratitude - for a number of the points raised. The best takeaway here is holy crap, what an awesome active community couchdb has, right now!
Now, I have a couple of 17-month-olds who were up most of the night and are now trashing my living room, so at best I might respond very intermittently in small bites. cheers. --matt