[ipv6-wg at ripe.net] Re: 9/9/2004 IP6.INT Removal (Was: 9/9/2006 : ip6.int shutdown?)

(FWIW, I think this is a bit off-topic for v6ops..)

On Sun, 25 Jul 2004 bmanning at vacation.karoshi.com wrote:
> 	it will be maintained as long as there are queries for 
> 	it.  for those of you for whom ip6.int is a distant memory,
> 	pleae understand and respect the fact that you can not, 
> 	despite public posturing, force others to change their 
> 	systems. to practically remove ip6.int incures real cost
> 	in both time and cash.  in the US there is a term for what
> 	the IETF is trying to do w/ ip6.int.  Its called an unfunded
> 	mandate.  Unless or until the good folk in the IETF who are
> 	calling for the removal of ip6.int are ready to put up the 
> 	cash to effect real change, I wish they would stop.

Let's put this in another way..

Are you paying for us (or a number of other bodies) for continuing to
support ip6.int?  Was its use granted to you in perpetuity?  (I guess
you're paying at least for ARIN or similar body, but whether one can
read this in the contract is another topic.)

Unless or until the folks who want to have a free lunch are ready to 
put up the cash to continue maintaining old service just for them, I 
wish they would stop.

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Netcore Oy                    kingdom bleeds."
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