Re:Going IPv6 Only
by takeda on Saturday February 19, 2022 @06:56PM
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I guess Vint Cerf wasn't hired by Google to provide any kind of input about TCP/IP or future of it.
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Lorenzo Colitti is Google's IPv6 czar but when supporting IPv6 costs (hundreds of) millions of dollars, "input" is not enough. There needs to be a business case which there really isn't so far.
the lack of ipv4 addresses is becoming a good reason to make the switch.
Re:Going IPv6 Only
by adventured on Saturday February 19, 2022 @07:17PM
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Vint was a trophy for the Google founders; they could, so they did. Zuckerberg no doubt got a similar thrill out of having purchased Carmack's employment.
Your comment belittles the hard work Vint puts in every day. He could easily retire but is still amazingly energetic and engaged. Downvoted.
I don't think GP comment belittles Vint. It belittles Google, for just hiring him for his name and not for his expertise. Vint is very vocal about IPv6 adaptation, yet it sounds like his opinion seems to be treated as if he was some kind of intern there. "Cool Vint, you do your stuff, publish your papers and we do our stuff".