[Info-vax] OpenVMS x86-64 and RDB and DB's in general on OpenVMS

[Dirk Munk]

Jan-Erik Soderholm wrote:
> Dirk Munk skrev den 2015-06-29 17:22:
>> Stephen Hoffman wrote:
>>> On 2015-06-29 12:25:42 +0000, Dirk Munk said:
>>>
>>>> I had a look at the Cassandra home page, and it didn't make me happy.
>>>> To start with it doesn't even say for which OS it is written. It's
>>>> Linux of course, but which type? Which version? x86 Linux only? 32 bit
>>>> and 64 bit? There's also a Windows version, but again no information
>>>> about 32 bit or 64 bit. And it hasn't been tested on Windows 8. I've
>>>> got news for them, Windows 8.1 is current, and Windows 10 is around
>>>> the corner.
>>>>
>>>> Why is it that the people who make these web sites can't even write
>>>> down the simplest information. That's always the problem with these
>>>> projects, simple straight forward documentation. The software may be
>>>> fine, but it is such a pain to get all the information you need to get
>>>> it running. One more reason to like VMS I suppose.
>>>
>>> Both the FAQ and Getting Started indicate Java, and the Getting Started
>>> recommends "Cassandra requires the most stable version of Java 7 or 8
>>> you can deploy, preferably the Oracle/Sun JVM. Cassandra also runs on
>>> OpenJDK and the IBM JVM. (It will NOT run on JRockit, which is only
>>> compatible with Java 6.)", and there are pre-built VMs available to ease
>>> deployment in your local VM.
>>>
>>>
>> Yes, I've read that too. But it doesn't seem to be a Java-only product.
>> Just have a look at this page:
>> http://planetcassandra.org/cassandra/
>
> All "Installation Guides" on that page has Java as a prerequisites.
>
Yes, I know. But that doesn't mean that it is a *Java-only* package. 
It's just like with OpenOffice and LibreOffice. They also need Java, but 
have non-Java components as well.