> -----Original Message----- > From: Justin M. Streiner [mailto:strei...@cluebyfour.org] > Sent: 02 December 2011 19:26 > To: Leo Bicknell > Cc: NANOG > Subject: Re: IP addresses are now assets > > On Fri, 2 Dec 2011, Leo Bicknell wrote: > > > In a message written on Thu, Dec 01, 2011 at 11:04:23PM -0500, > Michael R. Wayne wrote: > >> After negotiating with multiple prospective buyers, Cerner Corp. > >> agreed to buy the Internet addresses for $12 each. Other bids > were > >> as low as $1.50 each, according to a bankruptcy court filing. > > > > Someone should tell Cerner Corp you can still get them for free, > > and thus they overpaid by oh, $12 an address! > > I'm waiting for someone to come back and balk at $12/address, and try > to > reduce the number of addresses they buy, forgetting that pesky powers- > of-two > business: "In the interest of containing the cost of the deal, XYZ > Corp has > agreed to buy 27,000 addresses instead of the original 65,536." > > That will be a definite facepalm moment. > > jms
So about a /18 a /19 a /21 and a /23 then ;-) -- Leigh ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. For more information please visit http://www.symanteccloud.com ______________________________________________________________________