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It&#8217;s open bar and appetizers for our employees, the CouchDB and Membase\/Memcached communities\u00a0and\u00a0friends of the companies.<\/p>\n<p>Please join us!<\/p>\n<p>When:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Tuesday, February 8, 2011<\/p>\n<p>Time:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 7:30pm &#8211; 9:30pm<\/p>\n<p>Where:\u00a0\u00a0 Tied House, Mountain View, California<br \/>\n945 Villa Street (just a few blocks from the train station)<\/p>\n<p>Hope to see you there!<\/p>\n<p>And be sure to stay tuned as we unfold our product plans in the coming weeks and months. You can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitter.com\/couchbase\">follow us<\/a> on Twitter, or <a href=\"https:\/\/info.membase.com\/newsletter.html\">sign up here<\/a> and we&#8217;ll keep you posted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am thrilled to be writing this blog post announcing to the world that Membase and CouchOne have merged to become Couchbase! 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