Apple Under Fire For Backing Off IPv6 Support

alphadogg writes "Apple Computer came under fire for back-pedaling on its support for IPv6, the next-generation Internet Protocol, at a gathering of experts held in Denver this week. Presenters at the North American IPv6 Summit expressed annoyance that the latest version of Apple's AirPort Utility, Version 6.0, is no longer compatible with IPv6. The previous Version, 5.6, offered IPv6 service by default. While home networking vendors like Cisco and D-Link are adding IPv6 across their product lines, Apple appears to be the only vendor that is removing this feature."

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Maybe Apple thinks the Republicans will win?

[ibsteve2u]

And so the number of people who can afford internet access - and, consequentially, the need to enlarge the range of available addresses - is about to plunge dramatically?

(Yeah, you may think that is trolling, but anybody who runs a big corporation will tell you that the corporation that doesn't keep a finger to the political winds has already seen its best days.)