CouchDB fills an important niche between embedded databases, like SQLlite and Distributed NoSQL solutions, like riak. Also it's seems to be targeting once popul

CouchDB fills an important niche between embedded databases, like SQLlite and Distributed NoSQL solutions, like riak. Also it's seems to be targeting once popular "Mobile/Offline Databases" sector (it was before 3G and even GPRS took off and when wireless bandwidth was limited and not always on (i.e. dial up). I think about CouchDB as a modern version of MS-Access and/or Lotus Notes ;-)