Rumors are swirling that Snowflake intends to acquire Redpanda and many are questioning why and what impact this might have on Confluent. First, let’s remember that these are just rumors and there’s nothing official. But given that people are speculating, here are my thoughts on how to interpret such an acquisition, whether it ends up happening or not. There are a number of market trends in play right now, such as the rise of Iceberg and open data, as well as the war with Databricks and S...
