[governance] IPv4-v6 - "coexistence" not transition - operational issues surfacing

[Thomas Narten]

"Ian Peter" <ian.peter at ianpeter.com> writes:

> Randy Bush has compared the IPv6 rollout (starting from 1995) with the war
> in Iraq - no transition plan, declared victory before the hard part
> started, no real long term plan, no realistic estimation of costs, no
> support for the folk on the front lines [and continual declaration that]
> victory will be next month.

You also conveniently overlooked this opening line from the vary same
charts you cite:

>     Reality Therapy
>     
>  We will transition to IPv6, get over it
>  The issues are when and how
>  Marketing fantasy is not helping us
>    actually deploy
>  This presentation may seem negative,
>    but think of it more as taking off the
>    rose colored glasses so we can see
>    what reality is so we can actually make
>    deployment decisions


See the first bullet in particular. Randy is very much saying: wake up
people, we need to deploy this. Let's figure out what needs to be done
to get it deployed.

Thomas
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