From “Damien Katz: New Gig“:

Great news! I’ve accepted a permanent, full-time job with IBM. My primary duties are (drumroll….) CouchDB! So all the stuff I’ve been doing up until now for free I’ll be doing full time and be getting paid for it! Yee Haw!

That is fantastic news for both Damien and the CouchDB project. Shaweet!