Re: ipv6 adoption....

[Dave Crocker <dhc2 at dcrocker.net>]

At 04:33 PM 11/13/2001 -0500, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
> True enough. Of course, I know of no one who really used the OSI
> stack,

not really true.  back then, those who used it tended to tout the fact.

> whereas I can name a lot of people using v6 every day -- myself
> included -- and the growth rate is pretty astonishingly fast right

that's the real question, and the difficulty is making the assessment when 
one is in the middle  of the activity.  my own sense is that v6 remains a 
thoroughly fringe activity.  That is, it has a very, very long way to 
reaching critical mass.


> now. Availability doesn't guarantee use, but lack of availability
> guarantees non-use.

correct, as long as one does not misunderstand, and think that availability 
is a goal.  it is a necessary intermediate step, but of no direct utility.

d/


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