[schmerdy]

I am sure. Disclaimer: I work for SAP and I am the one who originally created those amazon AMIs about two years ago. Meanwhile I got re-org'd into some other group (as happens frequently at big companies) but I still use it myself. I'll clarify things on our forums (not that anyone would find it there...)

[bsaul]

Lol ! ok, HN really is something wonderful :) Well, the first step to me is in the download page : explain a bit more what those "client" downloads are and when and why they are required.

PS : don't know if you're still involved with SAP Hana, but that technology would really benefit from having its completely independent ecosystem, far from anything related to SAP and its bloated developer network & forum website.

[schmerdy]

The "Client" is database drivers for different environments. JDBC, OCBC, ODBO, Python. Unfortunately, drivers only exist for Windows and Linux - but the JDBC driver is pure Java, so if you want to code Java against HANA from a Mac, you can do it (simply download any Client package, unzip and use the jgdbc.jar as JDBC driver. The best choice is not even in the package: node.js drivers for HANA. Easiest way to get is npm install hdb Full (!) Open Source, https://github.com/SAP/node-hdb

Fully agree with your comment about independent ecosystem. I'm not officially related anymore, but still pushing internally. HANA (even HANA One) is too expensive, there's not obvious go-to-market route for smaller shops and all that information is purely curated hence hard to navigate. Well, SAP is just beginning to open up, so call it beginners mistakes. And hope we'll learn fast...