I'm just inherently skeptical these days.

It goes into much more detail, and talks about some of the measures currently in place. It seems like people making the implementation have it on the ball.

...if you understand what it's all about, you aren't even slightly concerned, because nothing of any importance is happening on that day. The roll-out of IPv6 continues in an orderly fashion, and practically nobody will be affected or inconvenienced in any way.

..if you don't understand what it's all about, you should completely ignore everything you read about this, because nothing of any importance is happening on that day. The roll-out of IPv6 continues in an orderly fashion, and practically nobody will be affected or inconvenienced in any way.

I actually think they'll be wondering in about a year when only IPv6 sites won't let them go to sites. Then, they can let their 15 year olds tell them why, and it will them even more aware that they are getting old.




I learned mostly by hands-on work, and was never afraid of asking for help, or consulting an actual manual. I also learned the hard way by not using shortcuts and taking each step as I went along. I always told myself that once I mastered the full way to do something, learning the shortcuts would be a bonus.

I think more people flooded the 'net after the "plug and play" era, and if their 'puter crashed, they'd never figure it out. If you're familiar with all the actual parts of a computer, you have a good idea of what might be wrong when it crashes. I decided I wasn't going to have my first modemm installed for $100 (it was a 2400 baud modem), and decided hands on was more important. I can't tell you how satisfying it was to install it myself. What can I say about that old computer, back in 1988, except it was a 16Mhz Epson, with a 30Mb hard drive. I can now put more data on an MP3 player--a cheap one!--and still have room for a few TV shows while I'm at it!

IPv4 will continue to exist for a long time, since the cost to do so is essentially zero. Patches to networking drivers for major OSes have been pushed out for some time. Systems that will have issues will be embedded ones that are not easily updated. Workarounds for these will be created is there is sufficient demand for them, but it is unlikely that it will happen before the demise of IPv4.

The only real losers here will be obscure orphaned devices (and private infrastructure) that depend on IPv4. This is always the case whenever there are infrastructure changes. (Think Y2K.) If it is a proprietary system and there is no profit (or no legal liability) in dealing with upgrades, people will the SOL. Companies don't spend development resources on old systems unless they have to.