Charlie,

> Charlie Perkins wrote:
> Whatever the freebie allocation algorithm is, it
> has to be simple enough to be free. If it costs
> even $0.01, then that means paperwork for the
> consumer probably including even an invoice and
> managerial approval.

Agreed.

> My proposal is that we allocated them linearly --
> starting at 1,000,000 or so and incrementing by one
> after each allocation. That's easy and effective.

I would support any scheme that makes site-locals unique as long as the
non-reachability is enforced, but keep reading.

> If you want something more structured,then that's
> solving a different problem and should be considered
> separately. One problem at a time, please!

This makes sense, but the other side of this coin is that it might be a
good idea to kill two birds with one stone if it does not require aiming
for two years. 

In any case, the "one problem at a time" also applies to not trying to
solve the problem of global PI with unique site-locals.....

Michel.


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