Re: Cassandra Java Driver and DataStax

2016-06-05 Thread Mattmann, Chris A (3980)
Hi All, Thanks for the replies so far. A few last questions: 1. Is Apache Cassandra useful *without* a driver? That is, can you use the database without a driver to connect to it or in the real world would your users all have to download at least one driver in order to use the DB? 2. To confirm

Re: Cassandra Java Driver and DataStax

2016-06-05 Thread Jake Luciani
Chris, We technically do have barebones java client in tree [1] CQL was designed as an open protocol anyone can implement [2] We really want to see a thriving eco-system for drivers. By making CQL an open protocol vs making it some internally controlled document/code we feel it's the best way t

Re: Cassandra Java Driver and DataStax

2016-06-05 Thread Mattmann, Chris A (3980)
Hi Jake, Thanks for the email. So back to my 2 questions - and in particular #1 - a driver is needed to use Apache Cassandra right? As in, you wouldn’t expect users of Apache Cassandra to get the database core from the ASF, and then use it without a driver (from somewhere else?) Cheers, Chris ++

Re: Cassandra Java Driver and DataStax

2016-06-05 Thread Jonathan Ellis
On Sun, Jun 5, 2016 at 8:32 AM, Mattmann, Chris A (3980) < chris.a.mattm...@jpl.nasa.gov> wrote: > 1. Is Apache Cassandra useful *without* a driver? That is, can > you use the database without a driver to connect to it or in the > real world would your users all have to download at least one > dri

Re: Cassandra Java Driver and DataStax

2016-06-05 Thread Mattmann, Chris A (3980)
Thanks for the info Jonathan. I think have assessed based on the replies thus far, my studying of the archives and commit and project history the following situation. Unfortunately it seems like there is a bit of control going on I’m going to call a spade a spade here. A key portion of your softw

Re: Cassandra Java Driver and DataStax

2016-06-05 Thread Dave Brosius
I am a non-datastax-employee committer, and the large percentage of my commits are not reviewed by datastax exmployees. I see problems or areas of improvement in the code base, and directly commit them. No questions asked, no oversight, no direction at all from datastax or their employees. I ha