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DJB was wrong... even if he was right too.

DJB was wrong... even if he was right too.

Posted Jan 27, 2011 8:16 UTC (Thu) by roblucid (subscriber, #48964)
In reply to: DJB was wrong... even if he was right too. by bojan
Parent article: LCA: IP address exhaustion and the end of the open net

Yes, and simply because until you cannot add new connections to the IPv4 Net, there's no incentive (outside of enthusiasts) to move to IPv6.

What's needed is a global IPv6 network. That requires the big content providers and the big ISPs to meet and say, "we want to be able to serve new customers not stagnate" so we need to invest and facilitate a transition.

That will only happen, and the investment made when the address scarcity bites.


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DJB was wrong... even if he was right too.

Posted Jan 27, 2011 8:31 UTC (Thu) by bronson (subscriber, #4806) [Link]

> That will only happen, and the investment made when the address scarcity bites.

And maybe not even then. There's still a good chance that someone will invent a more practical solution than ipv6. Necessity can be such wonderful inspiration.

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