Re[2]: It’s been a great ride. Today I’m moving to MongoDB

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ha ha :-) excellent Jan ;-)
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Andy Wenk
Hamburg Germany
expect typos cuz it's written mobile Saturday, 02 April 2016, 02:55p.m. +02:00 from Jan Lehnardt < jan@apache.org> :

>Thanks for playing everyone! :)
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>I’m not going anywhere ;)
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>Best
>Jan
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>> On 01 Apr 2016, at 08:45, Jan Lehnardt < jan@apache.org > wrote:
>> 
>> Dear Apache CouchDB Community: 
>> 
>> as of today, I’m stepping down from all offices at the ASF: I’ll step
>> down as Vice President of Apache CouchDB and Apache CouchDB PMC Chair
>> and I’ll resign from the PMC. I’ll retain my commit bit, but don’t
>> expect much from me. All issues assigned to me in JIRA can be released.
>> 
>> tl;dr: MongoDB, Inc. has made me an offer that I cannot refuse.
>> 
>> The thing that excites me about CouchDB is, obviously, replication, but
>> I think it is SO important that I want many many more people be able to
>> make use of it. Also obviously, MongoDB is the most popular database by
>> far, so it’s a natural step to go there and add replication.
>> 
>> MongoDB has gotten a lot of ridicule from the industry, although the
>> CouchDB community has always kept it civil (“right tool for the job”),
>> but MongoDB 3.0’s WiredTiger storage engine is finally catching up and
>> their distributed systems game is getting there. I’m excited about the
>> sneak peeks I’ve gotten for MongoDB 4.0 and beyond!
>> 
>> Here’s the deal: MongoDB, Inc as hired me to bring replication to
>> MongoDB. I get a budget, a capable team, and you’ll see my commitment
>> to open source data storage solutions continued in my new position,
>> with exceptional code, docs, a sales team and big customers to finally
>> make my dent in the universe. My job is running the team, product
>> management for the feature, but also getting dirty with the
>> implementation.
>> 
>> We don’t have a ship date yet, but in the spirit of MongoDB’s speed,
>> we’ll try to get something thrown together for 4.0, maybe a preview in
>> 3.5. I’m sure it’ll be grand.
>> 
>> Most of all, I’m glad I’m finally done with Erlang and I can’t wait to
>> get back into C++!
>> 
>> * * *
>> 
>> I’d like to say thank you to each and every one of you who have worked
>> on or used CouchDB over the years. The interactions with the people
>> here are what matter most and are what I’ll remember long past any
>> technology we might have been working on at the time.
>> 
>> I’ve spent a few months short of a decade working on CouchDB, and I
>> have a lot to show for it, but it’s clearly time to move on.
>> 
>> So long, and relax!
>> Jan
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