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Marcus.Gerdon
Marcus.Gerdon at versatel.de
Wed Aug 26 09:42:42 CEST 2009
Hi! > There are dozens of cost optimization guys around, but > the cost of one RIPE extraordinary general meeting doesn't > worry us because we are putting a lot of effort into IPv6 > trials and we can see light at the end of the tunnel. What's meetings got to do with IPv6 trials? > If your company isn't doing internal trials of IPv6 with > selected customers, then yes, you should probably start > looking for another job. Did you take a look at the v6-dfz before writing this? At a quick glance in Frankfurt I see slightly more v6 downstream asn advertised from 8881 than from 5400. ;-) But enough on that... that's no topic for an apwg discussion. Marcus ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Engineering IP Services Versatel West GmbH Unterste-Wilms-Strasse 29 D-44143 Dortmund Fon: +49-(0)231-399-4486 | Fax: +49-(0)231-399-4491 marcus.gerdon at versatel.de | www.versatel.de Sitz der Gesellschaft: Dortmund | Registergericht: Dortmund HRB 21738 Geschäftsführer: Marc Lützenkirchen, Dr. Hai Cheng, Dr. Max Padberg, Peter Schindler ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AS8881 / AS8638 / AS13270 | MG3031-RIPE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: address-policy-wg-admin at ripe.net > [mailto:address-policy-wg-admin at ripe.net] Im Auftrag von > michael.dillon at bt.com > Gesendet: Dienstag, 25. August 2009 16:35 > An: address-policy-wg at ripe.net > Betreff: RE: [address-policy-wg] The final /8 policy proposals, part 3 > > > > sounds like your company is faring rather well... sending at > > least one person to any meeting, just jet'ing for a weeks > > meeting to Dubai... You've supposedly not seen any 'costs > > optimized by reduced staff' guy around for a long time. > > There are dozens of cost optimization guys around, but > the cost of one RIPE extraordinary general meeting doesn't > worry us because we are putting a lot of effort into IPv6 > trials and we can see light at the end of the tunnel. > > Don't ever forget that soon nobody will really NEED IPv4 > addresses any more because IPv6 is a viable alternative. > If your company isn't doing internal trials of IPv6 with > selected customers, then yes, you should probably start > looking for another job. > > > > If some people feel that the meeting is not important > > enough to make > > > an effort to attend, then they don't get a vote. > > > Whether it is because they can't afford to attend or > > because they've > > > already got full IPv6 services on offer, it makes no difference. > > > > I think you're definitely wrong on this - and imho somewhat > > quite arrogant by that. > > > > RIPE's open to anybody, anybody being allowed to become a > > member. But excluding a bunch of members from the meetings by > > sheer cost (or time) is fine for you. The current practice of > > having to be physically on site for a vote has to stop > > soonest possible. > > Please do not criticise my proposal because you disagree with > how RIPE currently functions. If you have a criticism with how > RIPE members vote, please take it to the appropriate venue. If > RIPE does begin to allow remote participation and voting in a > general meeting, that doesn't change my proposal in any way. > > > We're in internet business - and rely on > > phys presence. That's ridicilous. > > It's also ridiculous that we have so little IPv6 deployment that > we have to argue over how to distribute the last few crumbs of > IPv4 addressing. Why does the Internet still rely on this ancient > protocol over 10 years after IPv6 was introduced? > > So, how do you propose to distribute the final /8 fairly? > > --Michael Dillon > >
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