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. The firmware on the probes has not changed for years, the front-end except for cosmetic changes also does not go through shocking developments (still the same bugs), new features are not implemented, just discussed (e-mail notifications) etc.
So I would actually just like to ask: - How many people are working full time on this project at RIPE? - What is the priority for RIPE? - What is the future? Any realistic plans?
for me, i judge a tool by its utility, not its modification rate. in many cases, i am studying things over long periods of time, and change is not welcome. note that i was initially a skeptic. as a pedantic experimentalist, i asked dfk what the experiment was. bzzt! wrong question. as an operator, i use atlas data daily: traceroutes, who can see what, does blovlovia see my dns, ...? as a researcher, i use it frequently, both for immediate measurements and for long historical tail. so i would turn your questions around. what do you want to see from atlas that you do not have today? randy