On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 16:00:36 BST, Alexander Harrowell said: > 1. IPv4 address space is a scarce resource and it will soon be exhausted. > > 2. It hasn't run out already due to various efficiency improvements. > > 3. These are themselves limited. > > 4. IPv6, though, will provide abundant address space. > > 5. But there's no incentive to change until enough others do so to > make it worthwhile. > > 6. Economists call this a collective action problem. Traditional > solutions include legislation, market leadership, and agreements among > small actors to achieve such leadership.
7. RFC2827 flame-fests on NANOG have gotten boring. Let's have them for IPv6 instead. :)
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