Yes - avro is alive and well. Avro as an RPC alternative for Cassandra is dead. See reasoning here: http://goo.gl/urENc
On Jun 15, 2011, at 8:28 AM, Holger Hoffstaette wrote: > On Wed, 15 Jun 2011 10:04:53 +1200, aaron morton wrote: > >> Avro is dead. > > Just so that this is not misunderstood: "for Cassandra". > Avro itself (and -ipc) is far from dead. > > -h > >