Marking as non-active, adding link to Java Driver and thank you message.

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+THIS PROJECT IS NO LONGER ACTIVE
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+Please use the official java-driver at https://github.com/datastax/java-driver/ for all Java-based Apache Cassandra projects.  
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+My most sincere thanks to the other project collaborators and the many people that contributed features, bugs and patches over the years. 
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+@zznate
+nate@thelastpickle.com
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+Original README for posterity
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 The currently active branch is 1.0. The master tracks Apache Cassandra active development which is 1.1.x presently. Current releases on the downloads section should be cosidered production ready. You should always choose the most recent release for your version of Apache Cassandra.
 
 For the impatient: