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From: khm@sciops.net (Kurt H Maier)
Subject: [TUHS] Happy birthday, Internet!
Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2018 18:16:59 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180409011659.GA10849@wopr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAC20D2Okyr+QxFm0Jf3Hh=Fgu1xNC9dXKvb87OPx+hCzHVi6jQ@mail.gmail.com>

On Sun, Apr 08, 2018 at 08:06:50PM -0400, Clem Cole wrote:
> 
> That BTW: the difference between ARPAnet to IP and IPv4 to v6 switch.
>

The other difference is that IPv4 was a well-designed protocol, where   
IPv6 is a hodgepodge of harebrained pet projects.  Despite being tagged
version 6, it's the worst case of Second-System Effect I've ever seen in
my life.
        
Most sites I know of that have chosen to sit it out so far have done so
because it's a massive engineering lift with little discernable benefit;
it merely trades IPv4's problems for newer, experimental problems.
        
This is the same situation that keeps UNIX entrenched:  it's not
flawless, but we understand the flaws, and the core design is at least 
comprehensible.  
       
khm


  reply	other threads:[~2018-04-09  1:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-04-07 12:50 Noel Chiappa
2018-04-07 14:34 ` Steve Nickolas
2018-04-07 14:44   ` Clem Cole
2018-04-08 23:34   ` Dave Horsfall
2018-04-09  0:06     ` Clem Cole
2018-04-09  1:16       ` Kurt H Maier [this message]
2018-04-08 23:34 ` Dave Horsfall
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2018-04-09 15:37 Noel Chiappa
2018-04-10 18:32 ` Clem Cole
2018-04-10 19:11 ` Clem Cole
2018-04-09 14:57 Noel Chiappa
2018-04-09 14:52 Noel Chiappa
2018-04-09 15:01 ` Erik E. Fair
2018-04-07  4:54 Rudi Blom
2018-04-07 15:21 ` Clem Cole
2018-04-06 20:56 Dave Horsfall
2018-04-06 23:10 ` Nemo
2018-04-06 23:19   ` Dave Horsfall
2018-04-06 23:56   ` Kurt H Maier
2017-04-07  4:48 Dave Horsfall
2017-04-07  4:58 ` Warren Toomey
2017-04-07  5:13 ` Lars Brinkhoff
2017-04-07  6:57   ` Greg 'groggy' Lehey
2017-04-08  5:13     ` Dave Horsfall
2017-04-09  0:09       ` Greg 'groggy' Lehey
2017-04-09  2:42       ` Jason Stevens
2017-04-10  5:54   ` Dave Horsfall
2017-04-07 13:55 ` Nemo

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