> On Mar 16, 2022, at 12:20 PM, Owen DeLong via NANOG <nanog@nanog.org > <mailto:nanog@nanog.org>> wrote: > >> >> What struck me is how NONE of those challenges in doing IPv6 deployment >> in the field had anything to do with fending off attempts to make IPv4 >> better. >> >> Let me say that again. Among all the reasons why IPv6 didn't take >> over the world, NONE of them is "because we spent all our time >> improving IPv4 standards instead". > > > I’ll somewhat call bullshit on this conclusion from the data available. True, > none > of the reasons directly claim “IPv6 isn’t good enough because we did X for v4 > instead”, yet all of them in some way refer back to “insufficient resources to > make this the top priority.” which means that any resources being dedicated to > improving (or more accurately further band-aiding) IPv4 are effectively being > taken away from solving the problems that exist with IPv6 pretty much by > definition. > > So I will stand by my statement that if we put half of the effort that has > been > spent discussing these 16 relatively useless /8s that would not significantly > improve the lifespan of IPv4 on resolving the barriers to deployment of IPv6, > we would actually have a lot less need for IPv4 and a lot more deployment of > IPv6 already. > > Owen > Regarding > all of them in some way refer back to “insufficient resources to
> make this the top priority.” This is not a technical issue. It is a management issue where long term global goals are sacrificed for short term local goals e.g., “How do I make my numbers this month so my bonus happens?” The insufficiency is management incentives driving management behavior. James