IPv4 vs IPv6: The Road Ahead

jeffy124 writes "With the world moving towards having every device under the sun being Internet-connected, is the Internet going to be too large? This article off CNN.com examines this potential situation. They look into the problems of switching networks from IPv4 to IPv6, and the inclusion of inter-operability between the two. Benefits of moving to IPv6 are looked at, but so are the critics of it who point out that if we don't have a problem now, why fix it? While low of technical details, the story points out that not many systems out there currently support IPv6. "

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famous prophecies

[Telek]

if we don't have a problem now, why fix it?

(ahem)

"640 kB should be enough for everybody"

"I see a worldwide market for 5, maybe 6 computers"

and one that I can only assume:

"yeah, use 2 digits for the year. Bah, the year 2000 is 20 years away, nobody will be using this stuff then anyways"

And besides, if you wait until the problem is upon us, it'll be too late to fix it.