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Re: "Programmers can't get IPv6 thus that is why they do not have IPv6 in their applications"....


From: "Dobbins, Roland" <rdobbins () arbor net>
Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 00:28:06 +0000


On Nov 29, 2012, at 12:18 AM, Bjørn Mork wrote:

But I will absolutely refuse the idea that anyone incapable of getting their application tested with IPv6 are able to 
create any useful networking software.

Who's talking about 'networking software'?  'Networking software' is irrelevant for the vast majority of the userbase.  
I'm talking about ordinary applications which do stupid things like edit documents and calculate payroll runs.

The main points I've taken away from this discussion is that a non-trivial proportion of ISP operational personnel have 
no idea what life is like within the enterprise organizations which are their customers; that they have a grossly 
exaggerated view of the skillsets, levels of engagement, and degrees of empowerment amongst run-of-the-mill software 
developers; and that they are either incapable of or are unwilling to step down from the rarified atmospheres of the 
technical heights they inhabit relative to the hoi polloi and even attempt to understand the constraints under which 
they operate.

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