Vint Cerf Keeps Blaming Himself For IPv4 Limit

netbuzz writes "Everyone knows that IPv4 addresses are nearly gone and the ongoing move to IPv6 is inevitable if not exactly welcomed by all. If you've ever wondered why the IT world finds itself in this situation, Vint Cerf, known far and wide as one of the fathers of the Internet, wants you to know that it's OK to blame him. He certainly does so himself. In fact, he does so time and time and time again."

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an alan cox interview

[ciaran_o_riordan]

Here's an interview where he says it:

http://www.velocityreviews.com/forums/t576610-alan-cox-on-software-patents.html

"""Alan Cox: The same has happened with IP version 6. You notice that everyone
is saying IP version 6 is this, is that, and there's all this research
software up there. No one at Cisco is releasing big IPv6 routers.
Not because there's no market demand, but because they want 20
years to have elapsed from the publication of the standard before
the product comes out -- because they know that there will be
hundreds of people who've had guesses at where the standard
would go and filed patents around it. And it's easier to let things
lapse for 20 years than fight the system."""

(More info would be good - any other prominent techs saying this?)

Re:Glad thats sorted out!

[hardburn]

Except IPv6 is hierarchical, for that very reason. Routing tables can be much, much smaller than they are on IPv4.