> From: Michael Segel <[email protected]> > Can't we just all get along? :-)
> My personal introduction to Cassandra came maybe in the 2009 timeframe. We > evaluated it and HBase at the time and chose HBase. No point to discuss why, > the world has changed many times over. > From there, my involvement in the HBase project grew and I didn't think of or > hear about Cassandra for a long time. > Then began an aggressive marketing campaign by Cassandra proponents that > spoke > negatively about HBase at every opportunity. It was everywhere whether one > cared about such things or not. There was also an untrue (but easy to fudge > with "marketing" given the technology differences are complex and nuanced) > and > quite insulting assertion that Cassandra is a superset of HBase. I believe > this > persists even today. > So, no, frankly we cannot get along. If this were a passionless technical > discussion that would not be the case. However, from my perspective, which I > believe is shared by others on the HBase side, the Cassandra project is run > by > asshats and some of their boosters share that unfortunate trait. Both projects are the result of a lot of work. There are misunderstandings. Hopefully with more open discussion, fewer accusations, and more background understanding, the level of vitriol can settle down and both projects can learn from each other. I really appreciate people helping me understand and I've been learning more about hbase through the apache online book recently. I hope that those with negative experiences with past versions of cassandra can accept that the project may have progressed as hbase has also progressed. I don't think one project will succeed at the complete expense of the other. I know abrasive people in both projects - I don't think either one has a monopoly there :-). I'm impressed by how far both have come in the last year or two though. Cheers, Jeremy
