<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div><blockquote type="cite"><div>On 16 Apr 2024, at 13:04, Firma KOMPEX <gabi@kompex.pl> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1;"></div></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1;"><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Of course the people at RIPE made mistakes.<o:p></o:p></div></div></blockquote></div><div><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1;"><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><br></div></div></div><div>May I remind you that address policy is decided in the working group of the same name, by the RIPE Community and not the RIPE NCC? RIPE Community is all of us, you included.</div><div><br></div><div>RIPE NCC implements the policies the Community decides.</div><div><br></div><div><blockquote type="cite"><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1;"><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">In the old days they issued /8, /12, /14, /16, /18, /20 without any justification and demand for IP addresses.</div></div></blockquote></div><div><br></div><div>If you refer to the days before RIPE policies, then looking back from today, yes some assignments were quite generous, because it wasn’t envisioned that the Internet would become what it is today.</div><div><br></div><div>But as long as I can remember (and I’m not the youngest anymore!), policies were always there, and no, getting IP addresses was _not_ free beer for all.</div><div><br></div><div> <br> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'tahoma' , 'new york' , 'times' , serif;"> <div><strong>Michel LANNERS</strong></div> <div>CIO at LU-CIX Management G.I.E.</div> <div>--</div> </span>   <div><a href="https://www.luxchat.lu/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.lu-cix.lu/LOGO/sign-20231207.png" width="390" height="122"></a></div>  <span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'tahoma' , 'new york' , 'times' , serif;"> <div>Mail: <a href="mailto:michel.lanners@lu-cix.lu" rel="noopener nofollow noreferrer" target="_blank">michel.lanners@lu-cix.lu</a></div> <div>Luxchat: @3eb2pdflrq57:01.lu-cix.luxchat.lu</div> <div>Phone: (+352) 28 99 29 92-81</div> <div><strong>LU-CIX Management G.I.E.</strong></div> <div>202, Z.A.E. Wolser F</div> <div>L-3290 Bettembourg</div> <div><a href="https://www.lu-cix.lu/" target="_blank">lu-cix.lu</a></div> <div><a href="https://www.luxchat.lu/" target="_blank">luxchat.lu</a></div> <div><a href="https://luxembourg-internet-days.com/" target="_blank">luxembourg-internet-days.com</a></div> <div><a href="https://www.lunog.lu/" target="_blank">lunog.lu</a> </div> </span></div><div><br></div></div></body></html>