Disclaimer: this is a personal opinion, all hats off. On Sat, Oct 5, 2019 at 12:52 PM Michel Py <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm less excited to see that some people have started giving up > > hope and telling the rest of use we shall give up to.. > > You are fighting for your survival.
I'm not sure it's about survival at all. I could definitely survive w/o IPv6 (or without any form of IP) but it's much more fun with it. I'm not even sure it's a fight even. Fight sounds too romantic or too dramatic. >Although I agree with the most recent analysis that IPv6 will not become an >orphan, you have to understand that the IPv4 ecosystem will survive no matter >what you do, Well, I've seen DECNET and Appletalks "ecosystems" in the wild long after most of the world forgot those words. Complete IPv4 extinction has never been my goal, I do not really care if some isolated networks are going to run it. >and that a war will not be in your favor. I do not think there is a war. People do what they need to do and sometimes they talk about what they have experienced, just in case others might learn smth new. > I'm not trying to run your WG. All that I am saying is that the IPv6 zealots > have been a total pain in my backside, and that the FUD they have been > spreading for the last 20 years has come out of style. > > IPv4 will survive forever. There will be a long tail indeed. Then the economics would make dual-stack suboptimal, ex. for the very special cases almost nobody cares about. What you might want to keep in mind is that different networks are in different situation re: IPv6. Some of them badly need it. Some of them got rid of Ipv4. Some of them will need it sooner or later. Some could probably survive forever using a single Ipv4 address. >I can not say the same of IPv6. You have to change your tune if you want to >survive. I appreciate people care about our survival. I even appreciate free advices ;) > > Convince everyone that IPv6 is good and IPv4 shall be turned off? > > This is what you have to stop. First of all please note it was listed as a question. An option. Not necessary the best one. >You work for Google. In case you have not noticed there is no reference to my employer anywhere, so I'd suggest we do not talk about whom I work for. It does not really matter. >Do you want to bet your career that Google is going to switch to IPv6 only ? I'm afraid to answer your question I need to go through some legal approval process. > Think carefully. Think about your career. I personally know the big shots at > big vendor who bet their careers on IPv6 and have become irrelevant. As I've said before, I'm deeply touched that someone in the Internet cares about my career ;) > You are too young to be a politician who turns their coat in the wind. Lol, I'll take this a compliment, thank you sir! > I say again : are you willing to bet your career on IPv6 ? I have done it. No regrets so far. -- SY, Jen Linkova aka Furry
