[Cassandra Wiki] Update of "GettingStarted" by JonathanEllis

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  This document aims to provide a few easy to follow steps to take the first-time user from installation, to running single node Cassandra, and overview to configure multinode cluster. Cassandra is meant to run on a cluster of nodes, but will run equally well on a single machine. This is a handy way of getting familiar with the software while avoiding the complexities of a larger system.
  
  == Step 0: Prerequisites and Connecting to the Community ==
- Cassandra requires the most stable version of Java 7 you can deploy, preferably the [[http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html|Oracle/Sun JVM]].  Cassandra also runs on OpenJDK and the IBM JVM.  Because Cassandra requires Java 7, it will NOT run on JRockit.
+ Cassandra requires the most stable version of Java 7 or 8 you can deploy, preferably the [[http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html|Oracle/Sun JVM]].  Cassandra also runs on OpenJDK and the IBM JVM.  (It will NOT run on JRockit, which is only compatible with Java 6.)
  
  The best way to ensure you always have up to date information on the project, releases, stability, bugs, and features is to subscribe to the users mailing list ([[mailto:user-subscribe@cassandra.apache.org|subscription required]]) and participate in the #cassandra channel on [[http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=#cassandra|IRC]].