Open JDK is java 1.7. Once Cassandra supports Java 1.7 it would most likely work on Open JDK, as the 1.7 Open JDK really is the same thing as Oracle JDK 1.7 without some licensed stuff.
-Jeremiah On May 11, 2012, at 10:02 PM, ramesh wrote: I've had problem downloading the Sun (Oracle) JDK and found this thread where the Oracle official is insisting or rather forcing Linux users to move to OpenJDK. Here is the thread https://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=2365607 I need this because I run Cassandra. Just curious to know if I would be able to avoid the pain of using Sun JDK in future for production Cassandra ? regards Ramesh