On Jun 6, 2007, at 12:58 PM, Noah Abrahamson wrote:
I think perhaps the greatest barrier to widespread IPv6 adoption or
implementation isn't so much operating systems, tools and devices
so much as it is people, knowledge and skills. IPv6 makes for a
great Wikipedia article, however it remains a strange concept for a
lot of people who work with technology, on all levels.
Every time IPv6 shows up on SlashDot, there are a host of negative
posts, for a whole variety of reasons. I'm not saying those people
are necessarily right, but they are in many cases the thought leaders
in the field (read: mega-nerds).
Note that one person posts the interesting observation that several
companies, including Apple, hold entire /8 (Class A) blocks. And
another points out that those can be redistributed at the discretion
of ARIN. Not that more IPv4 addresses is a permanent solution... and
I also get the impression that ARIN would rather push people to v6
than reallocate the v4s more efficiently.
