[112102] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: IPv6 Confusion
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Freedman)
Thu Feb 19 07:41:53 2009
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From: David Freedman <david.freedman@uk.clara.net>
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2009 12:41:33 +0000
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> I think, for example, that Juniper is making a mistake by rolling v6
> capability into a license that also includes BGP and ISIS on some
> platforms. Cisco is guilty of this as well.
>
> I am not necessarily advocating that v6 must be a basic feature on every
> new box; but I don't think it is correct to force customers to buy a
> license that includes a lot of other bells and whistles just to get v6.
> It could be a separate cost.
I mean, surely the intellectual property has been developed now, are the
vendors /still/ paying developers off for this? hasn't most of the money
already been spent?
