On Dec 2, 2011, at 2:56 PM, [email protected] wrote: > On Fri, 02 Dec 2011 12:37:29 MST, joshua sahala said: >> the speculative market exists and is growing, why do certain factions >> of the community keep trying to pretend that it doesn't? > > I'm sure at least some of those factions pretend it doesn't because admitting > it does would be a game changer. I'm sure that *somebody* has a business > model > that assumes the non-existence of the speculatie market. And everybody knows > that you never admit the business model is crap until *after* the IPO. ;) >
I admit it exists, but, I think it is currently relatively small and would hate to provide it any additional incentives to grow. I think it has the potential to be very harmful to the IPv4 internet in general. As long as it is relatively small, it's like a mosquito. Turning it into a B-17 would be bad. Just my $0.02. Owen
