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		petercooper on May 23, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Realtime Chat on CouchDB Totally possible. Set up a MySQL server with a public username and password, define some stored procedures to keep the API simple. Share the procedures and invite people to connect using any MySQL client.

nexneo on May 23, 2009 [–]

"...invite people to connect using any MySQL client."

That is useful.

petercooper on May 25, 2009 | [–]

That the HTTP-powered Web browser is a universally popular piece of software has no relevance on its effectiveness. Chatting through a Web browser is as formally arbitrary as chatting through any other sort of client.

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