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they have no point. some random aesthetic aspect of a standard is not why it does or does not get adopted. it's an evolutionary standard that offers no direct i
by doctorpangloss 6mo ago
they have no point. some random aesthetic aspect of a standard is not why it does or does not get adopted. it's an evolutionary standard that offers no direct incentives for adoption.
the real obstacle was enterprise sales, that is, someone had to pay Microsoft, Google, Amazon, etc. as a major customer of theirs to implement correct IPv6, which takes time. the people at Microsoft working on ipv6 for customers, they're only going to implement the parts that customers need, they're not going to proactively discover all the bugs and fix everything. this is true about everything, i'm not saying anything that unorthodox, except...
the reason we're talking about ipv6 now is, in a post LLM world, it is now possible to take a well written and thoughtful spec like ipv6 and Just Do It. you don't have to wait for a customer relationship to do it.
- zadikian 6mo agoDespite the lack of incentive for some, it's gotten pretty far. Pretty much every network device and host supports it in a minimal way. It's just that people/corps don't want to switch because it introduces a lot of risk and changes in unexpected areas. Like you can fully understand the spec without knowing what the routes and reputation will look like.