From: Stephen Sprunk (no email)
Date: Wed Oct 03 2007 - 20:04:47 EDT
Thus spake "Daniel Senie" <>
> A number of people have bemoaned the lack of any IPv6-only killer-content
> that would drive a demand for IPv6. I've thought about this, and about the
> government's push to make IPv6 a reality. What occurred to me is there is
> a satellite sitting in storage that would provide such content:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triana_(satellite)
>
> Al Gore pushed for this satellite, Triana, to provide those on earth with
> a view of the planet among its scientific goals. The
> Republicans referred to it as an "overpriced screen saver," though
> the effect even of just the camera component on people's lives
> and how they treat the planet could be considerable.
>
> By combining the launch of Triana with feeding the still images and video
> from servers only connected to native IPv6 bandwidth, the government would
> provide both a strong incentive for end users to want to move to IPv6, and
> a way to get the people of this planet to stop from time to time and
> ponder the future of the earth.
Here's a simple question that applies to every "killer app" that's been
proposed for IPv6: if you're going to the trouble of making a killer app and
giving/selling it to the public, why wouldn't you include support for IPv4?
Virtually every "unique" feature of IPv6, except the number of bits in the
address, has been back-ported to IPv4. There is simply no other advantage
left, and thus no room for apps that "require" IPv6.
S
Stephen Sprunk "God does not play dice." --Albert Einstein
CCIE #3723 "God is an inveterate gambler, and He throws the
K5SSS dice at every possible opportunity." --Stephen Hawking
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