[ post by non-subscriber. with the massive amount of spam, it is easy to miss and therefore delete posts by non-subscribers. if you wish to regularly post from an address that is not subscribed to this mailing list, send a message to <listname>-owner@ops.ietf.org and ask to have the alternate address added to the list of addresses from which submissions are automatically accepted. ] > I think the most important answer to the 'why' is simply the big > chicken and egg problem: I think you're right. In my opinion it would be the best idea to simply create a chicken first which then lays the eggs. :-) It probably is a good idea to put a lot of effort into migrating most of the educational networks to IPv6 so that new generations get used to having IPv6 arround. Maybe the convenience of having IPv6 available during their educational phase will then also be important later in their jobs. People usually don't want to give up things they're used to having around. Maybe out of this motivation, the "need" for IPv6 outside the educational sector will arise. It's easier dealing with something that you're "brought up" with (having IPv6, that is) rather than having to implement something completely new that you're not familiar with and that customers also don't have an understanding of. And this will most likely make it easier for those generations to see the advantages of IPv6 in commercial networks (both as customers and as service providers). IMHO it is all about IPv6 becoming a "natural" thing in the internet world. Just my 2-EUR-cents. Christian -- JOIN - IP Version 6 in the WiN Christian Strauf A DFN project Westfaelische Wilhelms-Universitaet Muenster http://www.join.uni-muenster.de Zentrum fuer Informationsverarbeitung Team: join@uni-muenster.de Roentgenstrasse 9-13 Priv: strauf@uni-muenster.de D-48149 Muenster / Germany GPG-/PGP-Key-ID: 1DFAAA9A Fon: +49 251 83 31639, Fax: +49 251 83 31653
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