On 02/09/2011 07:32 PM, Jack Bates wrote:
The small to middle guys are at the mercy of the large guys applying
pressure to vendors.
I'm gonna just pick on this one thing.
This just isn't true.
I've always worked in small to middle sized shops, and I have always
found that I've been able to yell and scream about IPv6 (and other
features) loud enough, and long enough that I get heard by someone in a
decision making position for product features (usually along the lines
of a product manager or so). And every time I've made the effort to do
that (admittedly, not a small effort), that product or line of product
has had IPv6 available for it within about a year or so (if not sooner).
Every single time. Were the big guys pushing as well? Perhaps, but I
*know* that my voice gets heard when I put the effort into it.
If you're not being heard by your vendor, you're not yelling loud
enough. You're the customer, if your question/concern/request/demand
about IPv6 gets blown off by your rep, talk to their boss, and keep
demanding to talk to bosses until you get to someone that can give you a
solid answer one way or the other, and if the answer is, "no, we won't
support IPv6" run, don't walk, away from that vendor. It is absolutely
doable, and I would argue that if you haven't reached this point in your
purchasing decisions, you're being negligent.
--
Jeff
