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author | Dimitri Staessens <dimitri@ouroboros.rocks> | 2021-03-24 12:07:09 +0100 |
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diff --git a/content/en/blog/20210320-ouroboros-rina.md b/content/en/blog/20210320-ouroboros-rina.md index da9e178..3b3940d 100644 --- a/content/en/blog/20210320-ouroboros-rina.md +++ b/content/en/blog/20210320-ouroboros-rina.md @@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ of FIRE are "hands-on", aimed at building and deploying Internet technologies. Given that I had some experience deploying experiments (at that time OpenFlow prototypes) on our lab testbeds, I listened to the project pitch, an online presentation with Q&A given by the -project lead, Eduard Grasa from [i2cat]((https://i2cat.net/)), who +project lead, Eduard Grasa from [i2cat](https://i2cat.net/), who explained the concepts behind RINA, and got quite excited about how elegant this all looked. So I took on the project and read John Day's [Patterns in Network Architecture](https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/patterns-in-network/9780132252423/), @@ -489,23 +489,23 @@ was also becoming available at the time and would be used in ARCFIRE. And soon, the development of a third prototype -- _ouroboros_ -- would start. External perception of RINA in the scientific community had also been shifting, and not in a positive direction. At -the start of the project, we had the position paper with project plans -and outlines, and the papers on the _shims_ showed some ways on how -RINA could be deployed. But other articles trying to demonstrate the -benefits of RINA were -- despite all the efforts and good will of all -people involved -- lacking in quality, mostly due to the limitations -of the software. All these subpar publications did more harm than -good, as the quality of the publications rubbed off on the perceived -merits of the RINA architecture as a whole. We were always feeling -this pressure to publish _something_, _anything_ -- and reviewers were -always looking for a value proposition -- _Why is this better than my -preferred solution?_, _Compare this in depth to my preferred solution_ --- that we simply couldn't support with data at this point in -time. And not for lack of want or a lack of trying. But at least, -ARCFIRE had at 2 years to look forward to, a focused scope and by now, -the team had a lot of experience in the bag. But for the future of -RINA, we knew the pressure was on -- this was a _now or never_ type of -situation. +the start of the IRATI project, we had the position paper with project +plans and outlines, and the papers on the _shims_ showed some ways on +how RINA could be deployed. But other articles trying to demonstrate +the benefits of RINA were -- despite all the efforts and good will of +all people involved -- lacking in quality, mostly due to the +limitations of the software. All these subpar publications did more +harm than good, as the quality of the publications rubbed off on the +perceived merits of the RINA architecture as a whole. We were always +feeling this pressure to publish _something_, _anything_ -- and +reviewers were always looking for a value proposition -- _Why is this +better than my preferred solution?_, _Compare this in depth to my +preferred solution_ -- that we simply couldn't support with data at +this point in time. And not for lack of want or a lack of trying. But +at least, ARCFIRE had at 2 years to look forward to, a focused scope +and by now, the team had a lot of experience in the bag. But for the +future of RINA, we knew the pressure was on -- this was a _now or +never_ type of situation. ### Ouroboros |