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A Tale of Community, Collaboration and Code

Adam Kocoloski, IBM Fellow

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“I've accepted a permanent, full-time job with IBM. My primary duties are (drumroll....) CouchDB! … All the code will be Apache licensed and donated to the Apache Software Foundation”

- Damien Katz, January 1 2008

2.0.0 Release!

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

A Brief History of Apache CouchDB

1.0.0 Release!

Cloudant launches!

Project Graduation!

Damien Exits!Couchbase Merger!

Neighbourhoodie Launch!

Cloudant Acquired by IBM!

Code donated to ASF!

What’s the future of CouchDB? It's Couchbase." - Damien Katz, 4 January 2012

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Events That Can Kill a Project

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Departure of a project’s founder!

Company sponsoring majority of committers getting acquired!

5+ years between major releases!

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Still Here. Stronger Than Ever. Still Relaxed.

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Apache!OpenWhisk

Serverless - Open - Easy!

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Apache!GERONIMO!

… and many more!

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