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Great. The problem with proprietary infrastructure is locking yourself in to a vendor and that isn't always a safe bet. For me, that is the problem with Google AppEngine and Amazon SimpleDB. As a happy CouchDB user this makes Cloudant a contender for future projects (or even existing ones). I don't want to roll my own infrastructure, but still want the option to move away from a vendor if I ever have to.

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Yes, removing lock-in makes it easier to reach buy in.

Plus, if I'm understanding right, one should be able to have the production system hosted by them, and test code, or generate data on a local system, and then use the replication feature of couchdb to push the new code NGO production when ready.... Relatively painlessly.

Correct, just replicate between standalone Couch and Cloudant seamlessly. Replication is a powerful feature of CouchDB, and we also use it internally to synchronize partitions if they diverge. It is pivotal in how we achieve our multi-datacenter capabilities, too.

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