[158362] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: "Programmers can't get IPv6 thus that is why they do not have
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dobbins, Roland)
Wed Nov 28 19:28:25 2012
From: "Dobbins, Roland" <rdobbins@arbor.net>
To: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 00:28:06 +0000
In-Reply-To: <87lidl1w9q.fsf@nemi.mork.no>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Nov 29, 2012, at 12:18 AM, Bj=F8rn Mork wrote:
> But I will absolutely refuse the idea that anyone incapable of getting th=
eir application tested with IPv6 are able to create any useful networking s=
oftware.
Who's talking about 'networking software'? 'Networking software' is irrele=
vant for the vast majority of the userbase. I'm talking about ordinary app=
lications which do stupid things like edit documents and calculate payroll =
runs.
The main points I've taken away from this discussion is that a non-trivial =
proportion of ISP operational personnel have no idea what life is like with=
in the enterprise organizations which are their customers; that they have a=
grossly exaggerated view of the skillsets, levels of engagement, and degre=
es of empowerment amongst run-of-the-mill software developers; and that the=
y are either incapable of or are unwilling to step down from the rarified a=
tmospheres of the technical heights they inhabit relative to the hoi polloi=
and even attempt to understand the constraints under which they operate.
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