Re: [address-policy-wg] Renumbering sites (Was: Just say *NO* to PI space --or how to make it lessdestructive)

[Nils Ketelsen nils@localhost]

On Tue, Apr 25, 2006 at 07:41:19PM +0200, Roger Jorgensen wrote:

> really bad example, you never have a 1 or 2 weeks periode (planned time) 
> to renumber, you plan it over monthss to make sure things like you 
> describe don't happen. Good planing avoid alot of issues..

Thats the point. You need to invest many man-months to renumber. That is
what companies usually consider as being "expensive". Apart from the hassle
with customers, telling them about your yearly renumbering and forcing them
to do work again. 

> and for the rest of your mail, why can't we all stop thinking in terms of 
> IP addresses and start thinking in terms of hostnames?

Because IP-Packets are using IP-Addresses and not 
hostnames to get to their destination. 

Nils
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