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Vint Cerf Keeps Blaming Himself For IPv4 Limit

Posted by kdawson on from the mea-maxima-culpa dept.

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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  1. Re:Don't blame him, thank him. by commodore64_love · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Or that it wasn't Bill Gates instead of Cerf.
    "640,000 addresses out to be enough."

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  2. Re:Bogus shortage by Yvan256 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I agree with your points except but for the fact that Miss Management has nothing to do with all of this, she's only a secretary.

  3. Ah, kdawson by Nimey · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Always with the hyperbole.

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  4. politics is about assigning blame by circletimessquare · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    engineering is about fixing problems

    so when issues of economics, or climate, or policy, or anything else gets political, the political leaders of course make themselves busy with who is to blame for the problem. which of course doesn't solve any problems, it just makes people feel better that they didn't cause the problem (while they continue to suffer the consequences)

    we need more engineers running this country, and less politicians

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