IPv6 is an unneeded change in the first place [LWN.net]

IPv6 is an unneeded change in the first place

Posted May 10, 2007 13:30 UTC (Thu) by rogblake (guest, #18258)
In reply to: IPv6 source routing: history repeats itself by dw
Parent article: IPv6 source routing: history repeats itself

Actually, I intend to stick with IPV4 indefinitely as I see absolutely no need for IPV6. I simply have no intention of learning or using this unnecessary new protocol. (New Linux distributions seem to have it enabled by default, first thing I do on a fresh installation is to get rid of IPV6.)

Of course the day may come when it is no longer feasible to use IPV4, but given the overall slow rate of adoption I'll most likely be retired and off of the internet by then.

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IPv6 is an unneeded change in the first place

Posted May 12, 2007 12:58 UTC (Sat) by niner (subscriber, #26151) [Link]

So I guess you belong to the 4.5% of human population that owns 74% of all IPv4 addresses then, namely the USA. Well, lucky you.

IPv6 is an unneeded change in the first place

Posted May 13, 2007 9:19 UTC (Sun) by dlang (✭ supporter ✭, #313) [Link]

so it sounds like more of the unused address space needs to be allocated (and some of the early allocations to companies should be reclaimed)

http://xkcd.com/c195.html