Comment Re:concurrent operation of IPv4 and IPv6? (Score 1) 589
> Yes, in fact they are expected to for around two decades.
Exactly. The assumption that there has to be a big changeover, and therefore there won't be any changeover, is completely wrong. It's going to be much more like the transition for stiffy disk to CD. Moreover, much of the discussion here is informed by a USA perspective, where there is no shortage of IPv4 space. But in south-east Asia there is a growing shortage and it's going to get worse - ditto for Europe. Apart from address space depletion, there are reasons of both efficiency and security to adopt the newer protocol.
Exactly. The assumption that there has to be a big changeover, and therefore there won't be any changeover, is completely wrong. It's going to be much more like the transition for stiffy disk to CD. Moreover, much of the discussion here is informed by a USA perspective, where there is no shortage of IPv4 space. But in south-east Asia there is a growing shortage and it's going to get worse - ditto for Europe. Apart from address space depletion, there are reasons of both efficiency and security to adopt the newer protocol.
