RE: [ipv6-wg] RIPE NCC Makes Record Number of IPv6 Allocations

[<michael.dillon@localhost]

> and nobody in business really cares because it doesn't 
> create profit.

Engineers have been repeating this false mantra for years
and the result is that management has decided that investing
in IPv6 is a low priority.

The fact is that IPv6 does create profit because when IPv4 
addresses run out, no new network connections can be added
using IPv4. Companies that have IPv6 as an alternative will
continue to be able to grow their network and create profit.

Smart people have managed to retrofit IPv4 with just about all the
benefits designed into IPv6, but they have not been able to
retrofit the huge address space. For that you really need to
deploy IPv6, and more importantly, you need to put extreme
pressure on all your vendors for IPv6 implementation.

Those vendors who have not already deployed IPv6 in firewalls
and Operational Support Systems have failed their customers.
With vendors like that, the best strategy is to put extreme
pressure on the vendors to fix their shortcomings while at
the same time, evaluating the products of vendors who have 
addresses the need for IPv6 support.

There is still time to avoid being swallowed up in the crisis
of 2009-2010 but it requires multi-pronged action today!

--Michael Dillon