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As became obvious over the past 9 months or so, shortly after we all met at the LFN Workshop in Prague (ah for the days we will be able to travel again), both CNTT and OPNFV are really two sides of the same coin. Both groups needed each other's expertise and resources, but we didn't know it. That is, while the outputs and perspectives are different, the goals are very much in alignment. The next steps are to take these two groups and meld them into a new and more powerful whole. Ultimately, we are looking for the same thing, a way to bring a standard understanding and capability across the Telecom Industry of the infrastructures that are needed to support our future. Everyone benefits, vendors don't have to build one-off architectures for every single telecom customerscustomer, and the telecoms, who don't have to devote resources to building potentially unsupportable infrastructures. I encourage any and all from the Telecom community to join in the efforts.