[jetru]

Iceberg is not Snowflake originated, it was built by folks at Netflix - the same folks who built Tabular.

But yes, this is definitely bad for Snowflake, Databricks can position itself as a very strong competitor with this move and moving more towards Iceberg.

[indoordin0saur]

So this makes it sound like a positive thing for Iceberg as a format. Others seem to be suggesting that DataBricks will be working to undermine the format in favor of their older Delta Lake format but that seems overly cynical.

[jetru]

Yea, in theory, the way its stated, it would be a plus for the industry and Iceberg consolidation.

How it will actually play out, who knows?