1.0+ API/Client • While HBase is a separate system from Bigtable we have close ties to the community • We like the community - lots of voices, moving together, reps from many major tech giants, very widely adopted • Semantics and operations are very similar ◦ Want it to be easy to understand, transition to, develop against • Release tools that work with Cloud Bigtable and HBase and vice versa ◦ Grow the whole community so that all benefit