[address-policy-wg] RE: The price of address space

Bill and all,

  FWIW, I agree that IPv4 is going to be around for at least 5
years longer.  I love 8Tracks BTW.  >;)  So if you need a good
8Track player, or recorder for that matter, I have several of each
still new in the box!  I also have three 8Track dubbers...  I'll
consider a trade for a /24 IPv4 for either one of the new in the box
8track player or even one of the 8track dubbers.  Seems a fair
trade to me.  Antiques in new condition ain't cheap!  >:)

bmanning at vacation.karoshi.com wrote:

> > etc. And if/when there is a mass uptake of IPv6, IPv4 space will
> > become as valuable as VHS tape: impossible to even give away.
>
>         and one of my 80's bands just released their latest
>         on 8track...  no MP3, no LP, no CD... an 8track.  I hate them.
>
> > that the price of a scarce resource can only increase: how much is a
> > LaserDisc player worth today?
>
>         depends on how badly I need to watch the ChuckJones pre-estate
>         fight, can't get anywhere else but the laser-disk version of
>         BugsBunny.
>
> > >at predicting minimum and maximum prices relative to a hard currency,
> > >i.e. ounces of gold or barrels of crude, or Big Macs.
>
>         BigMacs are only hard if left out for 6years.. takes that long
>         for the bun to toughen up.
>
> > >P.S. My position is that IPv6 is the answer
> >
> > I agree wholeheartedly. My personal opinion is to leave the IPv4
> > policies as they are. Any changes will be like re-arranging the
> > deckchairs on the Titanic. And will look bad to the outside world when
> > they finally wake up to the imminent exhaustion of IPv4 space. We
> > should stop worrying about IPv4 or speculating about what a future
> > market in IPv4 might look like. [Though an open question is what the
> > role of the RIRs might be in that market.] IMO, it's best to
> > concentrate on IPv6 deployment and getting on with that migration.
>
>         pragmatically, there is a genuine need to retain IPv4
>         for the forseeable future - at least until significant
>         software replacement is done.  Too much depends on an IPv4
>         like thing (AAA, radius, SYSLOG, SNMP, etc) to expect
>         wholesale abandonment of v4 in the next - say - 5-10 years.
>
>         v4 just won't be wasted on endsystems :)
>
> (and Jim, you use of technologies that have been OBE'd in the commodity
> space was a joyful trip down memory lane.... )
>
> --bill

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