[sandGorgon]

@neha - where do you think kafka is going to evolve in the world of data processing.

I'm very bullish on kafka. Today we have Spark for batch data computation and have already switched some of our streaming stuff to Kafka.

Do you see yourselves entering into the batch processing space anytime ? Google has officially said that Flink is "compelling" because of its compatibility with the Beam model.

If I can step on thin ice... is it easier for Flink to commandeer Kafka or for Kafka to win over batch processing ?

[blain_the_train]

What do you mean by "batch processing" Personally i find that term to be confusing.

I believe if Kafka can do streaming then it effectively can do batch as batch is a subset of streaming.