[59067] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: IPv6
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dave Israel)
Fri Jun 13 11:06:58 2003
From: Dave Israel <davei@algx.net>
Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 11:05:39 -0400
To: bmanning@karoshi.com
Cc: nick@foobar.org (Nick Hilliard), nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: Re: IPv6 (bmanning@karoshi.com)
Reply-To: davei@algx.net
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
On 6/13/2003 at 07:54:01 -0700, bmanning@karoshi.com said:
>
> I saw a DISA memo yesterday that mandates IPv6 compliance
> by 2008.
Ah, government memos. There's been ones mandating OSI protocols,
UNIX workstations for all government employees...
Government mandates aren't going to force a protocol by themselves.
The marketplace is where v6 will be made or broken, and history shows
the marketplace has two requirements: need and painlessness. This
might give the vendors a nudge, but it isn't going to be the reason
the Great Changeover happens.
-Dave
