On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 6:29 PM, <Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu> wrote:
On Thu, 02 Jun 2011 17:08:29 PDT, "andrew.wallace" said:
World <anything> day is a sure-shot bet win at an anti-climax, and an industry failure and waste of investment and publicity campaign.
Got a better idea? Some of us have been running IPv6 since 1998 and this is still the closest thing to getting people motivated to switch we've seen this century.
And I doubt it will be a *total* failure - even if a lot of things unexpectedly break, the post-mortems will of value. In fact, the cynic in me says the post-mortems are what's really driving this whole event. ;)
+1 IPv6 day is already a huge success since it has brought technology competitors like Facebook, Bing, Google, Yahoo, Akamai, Limelight and many others all together to help move this VERY IMPORTANT rock up the hill. The ideal state of IPv6 day is that the Internet keeps working with "no news" from a network operator perspective ... aside from a very slight bump in IPv6 traffic (we still have edge IPv6 reach issues in the Internet (understatement)... but there is progress there too (true statement)). If you have not been to the website, you should go and have a look. This list should have a high level of interest in the success and IPv6 day.... since most of us get pay checks based on the continued growth and success of this here network of networks. http://www.worldipv6day.org/ And, in case you have not seen a hockey stick lately http://v6asns.ripe.net/v/6 Cameron