Possibly interesting to note this OAI announcement.
Unfortunately none of the links are direct, but all of them are ugly tracking links. Also ads for facetwoogle. So I had to blank out a lot. Also interesting to note how they don't self-host, but rather spread their code across *both* hosted-gitlab and github. Also interesting how the From: address is a gmail one vs. the contact@openairinterface.org further below. In a massive herd effort, folks are fudging up the internet, no news there at least.
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----- Forwarded message from OpenAirInterface Software Alliance osalliance5g@gmail.com -----
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2020 05:40:17 +0000 From: OpenAirInterface Software Alliance osalliance5g@gmail.com To: nhofmeyr@sysmocom.de Subject: OpenAirInterface releases 5G core network code X-Mailer: MailChimp Mailer - **CIDbb030ed5232925faf6b6**
** OpenAirInterface releases 5G core network code ------------------------------------------------------------
Dear Community,
The OpenAirInterface Software Alliance is pleased to announce the release of the OAI 5G Core Network code. An initial set of features is already available and developments with a solid team are underway to build the rest of the 3GPP 5G SBA core. The project home page is here (<blanked-tracking-link>) and gives a good overview of the development phases and the roadmap.
The AMF (<blanked-tracking-link>) and the SMF (<blanked-tracking-link>) code is available on GITLAB. While working to release the UPF code, we are working with the SPGW-U (<blanked-tracking-link>) on the GITHUB.
A CI bench is already operational and in place. Any new features or developments introduced by community developers will automatically launch the CI pipeline and changes will only merge after having thoroughly been tested against third party testers and the OAI 5G RAN test benches.
We cordially invite the community to contribute to the developments of the OAI 5G core network and reach out to contact@openairinterface.org for any questions and contribution proposals.
The OpenAirInterface Software Alliance Team*
[removing a ton of tracking links]
----- End forwarded message -----
On 25/09/2020 12:38, Neels Hofmeyr wrote:
Possibly interesting to note this OAI announcement.
Thanks. interesting indeed. a tl;dr. maybe? - "we have some cr*p we'd like to push onto the world, and as you open source "community" people are so gullible, here's a begging email to get you to help build it for us (for free), or at least track your interest in our real operation - data mining.
Why would one give any more time than what it takes to write this email to this bunch of mostly white middle aged european men? + (the one token woman - from Fujitsu) https://www.openairinterface.org/?page_id=2304 (yes, that link will track you too)
Unfortunately none of the links are direct, but all of them are ugly tracking links. Also ads for facetwoogle. So I had to blank out a lot. Also interesting to note how they don't self-host, but rather spread their code across *both* hosted-gitlab and github.
Thanks for the redaction. Hey, but... isn't it of far more importance to dedicate our time and resources to developing extractive unjust eco-unfriendly technology with almost limitless potential for abusive usage, than fiddling around with silly decentralised things like self hosting.
Also interesting how the From: address is a gmail one vs. the contact@openairinterface.org further below. In a massive herd effort, folks are fudging up the internet, no news there at least.
Interesting. I might have expected the domain to point at gmail then, but openairinterface.org actually announces an MX of the same name in AS12876 - "ONLINE_NET_DEDICATED_SERVERS_NL"
Still, there are many popular way to have your email end up on google's servers. (Like writing to this email list for example.)
IMHO, the "internet" was pretty well fudged up since last century, it's just that we are only starting to really notice now. There is so much to be done to build a less dangerous inter-network, that the last thing I will be doing is touching anything that even smells vaguely of 5G.
Sorry for the rant on this list, but well it is Saturday and there's a pandemic on, a migration crisis and looming climate disasters, which shouldn't overshadow the fact that some many people have been sick and starving for decades anyway. but hey - let's build a whole bunch of unneeded technology and use words like community, alliance, democratising and last but not least, least abuse the sh*t once again out of the word "open".
:-(
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Keith -
Neels Hofmeyr