> On 15 Sep 2015, at 22:23, Miles Fidelman <mfidel...@meetinghouse.net> wrote: > > Proposal #1: 0 > Proposal #2: 0 > > Both of them are horrible. They capture little of the discussion of the past > several months. The slogans are uninspired and uninspiring. The rest is > wordy. > > Go back to the drawing board.
Respectfully, please put forward something you’d like to see. Best Jan -- > > Miles Fidelman > > Jan Lehnardt wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> as promised, here’s the vote for our new Slogan, Mission Statement, and >> Description. >> >> We have two contestants. >> >> Before I show them to you, here are the rules: >> >> 1. These aren’t final-copy-edit versions, but rough drafts that convey >> ideas. After voting, we’ll go through them with a fine-toothed comb to get >> things all shiny. >> >> 2. The proposals don’t mean to capture a laundry list of your favourite >> features of CouchDB. They are supposed to express the focal point that our >> community gathers around, the thing that we all have in common, what excites >> us all about CouchDB. Vote accordingly. >> >> 3. This emails contains two proposals. Vote by replying to this email with >> your vote just under each proposal where it says “Your Vote Here”. >> >> 4. Vote with +1 (I support this), +/-0 (I’m indifferent, but no harm done >> either way), -1 (I don’t like this, for reasons A, B and C, (and please do >> include your reasons)). >> >> 5. You are welcome to qualify your vote with your take on either proposal. >> >> >> A note: Johs, I took some inspiration from your WHAT-part, I hope you don’t >> mind ;) — I think we are essentially voting on WHY and HOW anyway, as the >> WHAT is roughly the same idea. >> >> Without further ado, here are our proposals. >> >> * * * >> >> Proposal #1: >> >> Slogan: Data where you need it. (WHY) >> >> Mission Statement: Apache CouchDB lets you access your data where you need >> it by defining the Couch Replication Protocol that is implemented by a >> variety of projects and products that span every imaginable computing >> environment from distributed server-clusters, over mobile phones to web >> browsers. (HOW) >> >> Description: Store your data safely, on your own servers, or with any >> leading cloud provider. Your web- and native applications love CouchDB, >> because it speaks JSON natively and supports binary attachments for all your >> data storage needs. The Couch Replication Protocol lets your data flow >> seamlessly between server clusters to mobile phones and web browsers, >> enabling a compelling, offline-first, user-experience while maintaining high >> performance and strong reliability. CouchDB comes with a developer-friendly >> query language, and optionally MapReduce for simple, efficient, and >> comprehensive data retrieval. (WHAT) >> >> Your Vote Here >> >> * * * >> >> Proposal #2: >> >> Slogan: Restful freedom (WHY) >> >> Mission Statement: Data that sync (HOW) >> >> Description: >> Store your data safely, on your own servers or with any leading cloud >> provider. Your web applications can follow the data if you want since >> CouchDB speaks JSON with any file type attached. It lets you run your >> JavaScript on the server or in the browser. You can start with the smallest >> of technology stacks and grow to serve millions of users -- following a >> learning curve that doesn't break. Keep your data in sync and where your >> users need it to be, on the device of their preference, online or offline. >> Share, combine, present, receive and update documents via master-to-master >> replication and let web based services monitor changes for additional >> processing. (WHAT) >> >> Your Vote Here >> >> * * * >> >> Thanks! >> Jan > > > -- > In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. > In practice, there is. .... Yogi Berra > -- Professional Support for Apache CouchDB: http://www.neighbourhood.ie/couchdb-support/
