If Boeing had rolled out IPv6 in 1993-1994 when Eric wrote RFC1687 it > would not have done anything to their bottom line as of today and wasted > my money.
If Boeing had rolled out IPv6 in 1993-1994 by now they would have an efficient production and real time inventory management; would have saved billions in costs and were giving (at least part of it) to Michel. As a shareholder you may want to think how you vote during the next shareholders meeting. Cheers, [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Michel Py <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Brian, > > >> Michel Py wrote: > >> v > >> | > >> /\ > >> +---------+ / \ +------------+ > >> | Upgrade |__/ ? \__| Give money | > >> | To IPv6 | \ / | to Michel | > >> +---------+ \ / +------------+ > >> \/ > >> > >> Mmmmm. Tough call. > > > Brian E Carpenter wrote: > > Yes, it is. It's called long term strategic investment > > versus short term profit taking. That's a very tough call. > > If Boeing had rolled out IPv6 in 1993-1994 when Eric wrote RFC1687 it > would not have done anything to their bottom line as of today and wasted > my money. If they had deployed 5 years ago there still would be no > return as of today and if they deployed today I see no return (in > reduced operating costs) for 5 years. As a shareholder my best interest > so far has been not to deploy. My instructions are: keep an eye on the > situation, if there is a change in conditions that means IPv6 buck could > bring bang _then_ go for it; in the mean time put my cash where it does > bring some bang, either by developing new products or by paying me > dividends 4 times a year. > > As long as other shareholders (especially the ones who work there and > likely have scores of unvested shares) think the same way, this is the > deal. > > > > Eliot Lear wrote: > > Boeing has enough devices and networks that it could on its own > > probably exhaust a substantial portion of remaining IPv4 address > > space we have now. They certainly have more than a /8's worth, > > and that poses RFC1918 problems > > Boeing has 159,000 employees. RFC1918 space is 17,891,328 addresses. > That's more than 100 IP addresses per employee, I think Eric can manage. > > That being said, I do acknowledge that larger companies such as global > ISPs do have a problem with the RFC1918 space being too small. This > brings the debate of what to do with class E, either make it extended > private space or make it global unicast. > > Michel. > > > _______________________________________________ > Ietf mailing list > Ietf@ietf.org > https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@ietf.org https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf
