Interview with Ted Dunning

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MapR helps bring Stratosphere into Apache and the project becomes Flink as it shifts from research into enterprise use. Key engineering changes include savepoints (exportable checkpoints) and direct query probing into running jobs, enabling non‑traditional streaming workloads and operational reliability. The talk argues companies paying engineers plus active participation on the mailing list drive real growth, and recommends trying examples publicly to surface implementation issues and build community.

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1. 0:00Intro
2. 1:11First involvement in Apache Flink
3. 2:29Flink project update
4. 3:12The most exciting things happening with Flink
5. 3:58Who is the best person to adopt Flink
6. 4:42How to grow the Flink community

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