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Opinion
Borgman: Tabular acquisition gives Databricks marketing win, not open-source control
“I think probably the biggest thing that they get out of the acquisition is the ability to tell the market, That they can do iceberg two and not look like they had made a mistake with Dell with Delta. You know, that, that they can, they get sort of a marketing …”
Justin Borgman Jan 30, 2025 ▶ 51:06 Trino, Iceberg and the Battle for the Lakehouse | Justin Borgman, CEO, Starburst
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Borgman: Databricks will not control or kill Apache Iceberg
“Iceberg has, you know, is, is bigger than Databricks, honestly. And it will continue to be, I think, the ubiquitous format. You know, so if they had hopes of, like, killing it, I don't think that worked. If they had hopes of controlling it, I don't really thin…”
Justin Borgman Jan 30, 2025 ▶ 50:49 Trino, Iceberg and the Battle for the Lakehouse | Justin Borgman, CEO, Starburst
Opinion
Kaplan: Apache Iceberg is becoming the standard base table format
“And now it seems like Iceberg is certainly with Databricks buying Tabular. That'll be interesting, but Iceberg feels like the base format, although DeltaShare is also relevant.”
Evan Kaplan May 8, 2025 ▶ 17:53 Rewriting Success: What InfluxDB 3.0 Teaches About Scaling—and Scrapping—Your Core Tech
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