Comments on: Blist Secures $6.5M for Cloud Database Software

By: Mikhail

Mikhail — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 16:52:02 +0000

This new database software looks very good, interface something like iPhone.

By: Mongo W

Mongo W — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 18:28:00 +0000

Sure, I’ll turn over all my confidential info and that of my clients. I have no use for outsourcing data to non-SOX environments.

At the very least I will be handing over the formula & blueprint of my business to them, their friends and the NSA.

So far I observe the term ‘cloud computing’ to be abused by the liars in marketing to describe the database services ASPs used to broker, so this is just another ASP.

The only cloud is the flies.

By: Don

Don — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 11:22:15 +0000

Hmm…many of the blist features do not seem to work on Firefox…calendar view drag and drop, csv import, form view…guess it has a long way to go to iron out the basics….

By: scottsman

scottsman — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 05:11:07 +0000

AK asked “how can I use it to connect to my web app?”

I can’t speak for dabble or blist, but I can say that this issue is the foremost issue that NextDB.net solves. NextDB has an excellent programming paradigm, all based on AJAX-style callbacks, it solves the cross domain issues, and security is a first-order concern in the design of NextQuery. Take a look, and sign up for our alpha 2 release.

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By: Allan

Allan — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 23:20:33 +0000

I can’t see a lot of people using this at all. It’s great for geeks - which is a sweet market niche - but the majority of social network users won’t get this.

Still, the implementation looks great, sweet UI.

By: Mike Koss

Mike Koss — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 23:08:45 +0000

It’s nice to see a big A round for a Seattle startup - giving Blist a good sized war-chest to attack the online database market. DabbleDB is probably the established player in the market. I’m interested to see how users feel about the Flash/Flex UI. Flash is pretty ubiquitous - but some users may feel they want a totally browser-based experience (w/o Flash).

Databases who’s only UI is in Flash are not crawlable by search engines. Is that an issue anyone cares about? I can think of some applications where that would be a show-stopper.

By: Thierry

Thierry — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:52:37 +0000

Looks cool (like dabbleDB?)

What technology is used? Flex for the UI? What about the backend?

By: David Geller

David Geller — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:27:57 +0000

Superb Adobe Flex UI. Snappy. Cool looking. Definitely more fun than, say, Zoho Creator. Just waiting for more features. Right now it’s very limited.

By: rubu

rubu — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:45:23 +0000

exelente

By: AK

AK — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 15:25:23 +0000

blist is a good stuff…
I was wondering how I can use it as a backend to my web app?

By: Nick

Nick — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 15:04:15 +0000

Initial thought, it seems alot like DabbleDB. Pretty cool stuff!

By: ITrush

ITrush — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 14:05:53 +0000

Looks like another great tool is coming out. Thanks TC for sharing with us this great info.

http://www.itrush.com

By: Cloudfans

Cloudfans — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 13:12:00 +0000

Nice.. more cloud stuff to play with!