[ipv6-wg] Join us for the RIPE NCC Educa::IPv6-only

Dez C wrote on 29/05/2020 09:29:
> What you're proposing is the end user's perspective and its fine. We're 
> not just end users, we can influence things on a larger scale 
> (sometimes, at least)

this kinda nails it.  We're not appealing to end users because ipv6 is 
right at the bottom of the infrastructure stack and is completely boring 
for the same reason that e.g. cement or paint composition are boring.

Sure, nerdy types like us might get excited about it, but we need to not 
kid ourselves that ipv6 has any mass appeal because it doesn't.

People care about cat videos; people don't care how the cat videos arrive.

If we want deployment, we need to create the ability to deploy ipv6 
relatively easily, so that other pressures can be effective in pushing 
the actual deployment (e.g. pricing / NAT / policy / etc).

There are lots of ways to approach this: one of them is having online 
meetings about deployment challenges.  It isn't the only way; it's a 
long-term game and online deployment meetings won't cause the protocol 
to be deployed instantly.  But it will help.

Nick