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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 16/Jun/16 15:15, Andrew Alston
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we want the development, we cannot wait for the “IETF”,
because by doing that, we are either “Waiting for
ourselves”, or “waiting for our vendors”, and if it’s the
latter, good luck. I point out that a certain vendor had a
roadmap, and on that roadmap were a number of features.
They then developed another box, that contained those
features, and all those features (all v6 related), suddenly
disappeared off the roadmap for the other device. I’ve seen
this happen over and over again. And you know what? It is
us as operators and as consumers that allow this to happen.
Because we sit around and say we are too busy to attend IETF
meetings, or we don’t have the skills to contribute, or
excuse after excuse (and I am as guilty as any other in this
regard), but the lack of progress of v6 protocols is
entirely our own fault, because we haven’t applied the
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And this is it.<br>
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There are already a lot of IPv6 specifications either in RFC or
Draft RFC form. Getting them implemented by vendors is the problem
(and one that is not necessarily theirs). The longer this takes, the
longer it takes to get a stable implementation, never mind the
implementation itself.<br>
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Vendors follow the money. However, they also follow the technology
if it's broken and needs fixing. <br>
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But they also don't sit around; their day job is to continue to
evolve the state-of-the-art. So if we don't deploy IPv6, vendors
will ship new platforms that have the newer features because - just
like the rest of us - they are short on resources.<br>
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I'm almost certain none of us have the time, energy or funds to swap
out gear every 18 months.<br>
<br>
Mark.<br>
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