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I don't entirely know what Viber does, but given how very different MongoDB and Couchbase are, I think they made a terrible choice of using MongoDB in the first
by rubiquity 13y ago
I don't entirely know what Viber does, but given how very different MongoDB and Couchbase are, I think they made a terrible choice of using MongoDB in the first place. You can't fault MongoDB for that. Viber announcing this change is more of an admission that their architects/engineers made a bad choice than it is a slight against MongoDB.
Also, I don't like MongoDB very much and almost always find another more suitable database (both SQL and NoSQL) for the projects that I have worked on.
- Djehngo 13y agoWhatsapp competitor, they seem to be doing quite well, although given how obnoxious their android app is I don't know how long that will last.
- cbaleanu 13y agoViber allows you to make voice and video calls aswell. In my country, texting is not popular, voice calling is, so Viber is the must have app. As an added bonus, it works flawlessly from overseas as well, so you can call anyone else that's using Viber for free.
- frik 13y agoDo you mind to disclose your country or continent where Viber (or video chat) is popular. I can only speak of myself, in central Europe Skype (voice, video) and WhatsApp (group chat) are popular. Facebook is increasingly used by elder population and shunt by younger generations. As I avoid WhatsApps (it sucks IMHO ..no Web and Tablet support, shady company), I would welcome any competitor.
- skjhn 13y agoIn what ways do you consider them to be different from the point of view of an architect (other than the different clustering implementations)? They're both document databases. They're both distributed. They're both supposed to scale.