http://wifinetnews.com/archives/001828.html
[Microsoft's Jawad Khaki (Corporate Vice President, Windows Networking
and Communications Technologies, Microsoft Corporation) ]
One of his remarks: "What I call the evil NATs" are stifling the
ability for people to get connected. (Interestingly, Bob Frankston, who
worked at Microsoft to develop home networking the mid-90s, told me in
late 2002 that he calls himself the father of NAT and said that NAT was
one of the biggest mistakes he made. He shoulda gone with IPv6, he
said.)
simon