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Posted to user@cassandra.apache.org by ChingShen <ch...@gmail.com> on 2010/07/09 03:43:59 UTC

Why is cassandra named cassandra?

Hi,

  Why is cassandra named cassandra?

Thanks.

Shen

Re: Why is cassandra named cassandra?

Posted by Pieter Maes <ma...@gmail.com>.

 it is explained in the video on the site ;)

Op 9/07/10 03:43, ChingShen schreef:
> Hi,
>
>   Why is cassandra named cassandra?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Shen

Re: Why is cassandra named cassandra?

Posted by Daniel Jue <te...@gmail.com>.

It's in a FAQ somewhere.
Based on this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassandra
An oracle might also be called a prophet.

On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 9:43 PM, ChingShen <ch...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>   Why is cassandra named cassandra?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Shen
>