[Asterisk-Dev] IPv6 and *

[Gregory Junker]

According to my Bathroom Reader, that is the case. ;)

I am not making the case for or against it. I am simply explaining why I 
  believe that the US will not be rushing to adopt IPv6 anytime soon, 
maybe not in my lifeltime, maybe never.

Greg

Daniel Pocock wrote:
> 
>> It's kinda like the metric system. Indeed, most consumer devices, and 
>> just about every OS available, support the IPv6 scheme, but just like 
>> every ruler used by kids in America has both the Imperial and Metric 
>> units on it, until there is a real reason to use it, no one will. And 
>> since it really is not a "one or the other" proposition (just like the 
>> measurement systems), and since the network fabric already supports 
>> packet switching between IPv6 and IPv4 address spaces, I doubt you 
>> will ever see the United States join the IPv6 parade in any real 
>> capacity.
>>
> 
> Wasn't a Mars orbiter ($US125 million space toy) lost because NASA was 
> using metric units and another company was using imperial and the two 
> teams effectively couldn't agree on how to send instructions to the probe?
> Incidently, the problem was only found after the orbiter had made it all 
> the way to Mars and was about to commence orbiting.
> 
> http://www.cnn.com/TECH/space/9909/30/mars.metric.02/
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