Follow up to "has virtualization become obsolete in 5G"?

Hello folks, Last year, I posted to this list and asked "has virtualization become obsolete in 5G"? A similar opinion seems to be gaining ground <https://www.telecomtvperspectives.com/series/vmware/the-countdown-to-5g-and-cloud-native/> .: "Once the darling of the telecoms industry, NFV has had a rough ride in recent years and has even lead some industry observers to proclaim that NFV is dead." Cheers, Etienne -- Ing. Etienne-Victor Depasquale Assistant Lecturer Department of Communications & Computer Engineering Faculty of Information & Communication Technology University of Malta Web. https://www.um.edu.mt/profile/etiennedepasquale