[atlas] Meaning and the future of the project

> I have been involved in this project for over 12 years. For the last
> few weeks I have been wondering what the point of this is. OK, I have
> given out credits to students for research, though sometimes they do
> not even say thank you.

Not answering directly your question, but just a  comment w.r.t. "what 
is the point".

If you’re referring to  what is the purpose of the platform, I can 
provide some feedback as someone who has experience in both industry and 
academia.

Ripe Atlas is _fundamental_ to research. No other platform offers the 
same level of coverage in terms of diversity and number of vantage 
points, as well as real-time results. Plus, it's free of charge.

Without it, many advancements in DNS, NTP, and routing wouldn't have 
been possible. There are numerous academic papers and several RFCs that 
have used RIPE Atlas, achievements that wouldn’t have been possible 
without it.

/giovane