In message <20140624220513.4F8CB1AD64@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Martin Rex writes: > Phillip Hallam-Baker wrote: > > > > While going through the Windows API calls and thinking how old fashioned > > and lame all those 'Win32' classes look now, a sudden thought: > > > > Ordinary users don't understand the importance of going from IPv4 to IPv6. > > > > But Ordinary users do understand that 32 bits is bad and old and obsolete > > and rubbish and 64 bits is better. > > Experienced users know painfully well just how smooth and painless > 32-bit (windows) and 32-bit IPv4 is, whereas newer 64-bit (windows) > and newer 128-bit IPv6 is just many painful problems and ZERO benefit. > > A lot of the equipment that me and my family is using is not IPv6 capable, > and *ALL* Software that I've used so far (Linux, WinXP, Win7) runs > ***MUCH*** better when configured with IPv4-only anyway, so why bother. > > If someone needs to be pushed, then it is *VENDORS*, not users, > that they ship their equipment in a fashion that it will work with IPv6, > should this ever become available. Then maybe in 10 years from now, > this might become interesting to end users. Given there are ISP delivering IPv6 + DS-Lite today over fibre because they have run out of addresses it is time that *everybody* starts complaining to every supplier that doesn't ship equipement / services with IPv6 enabled by default. > -Martin > -- Mark Andrews, ISC 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742 INTERNET: marka@xxxxxxx