Re: OMB: IPv6 by June 2008

[Scott McGrath <mcgrath () fas harvard edu>]

On the training issue.  Everybody in our organization understands IPv4 at
some basic level.  The senior staff here myself included are conversant
with IPv6 but you have the level 1 and 2 people who for the most part are
not even aware IPv6 exists and there are a LOT more of them then there are
of us and these are the people who are going to get their world rocked and
who will need extensive training to be effective in a IPv6 world.

                            Scott C. McGrath

On Thu, 7 Jul 2005, Jeroen Massar wrote:

> On Thu, 2005-07-07 at 18:02 +0200, Andre Oppermann wrote:
> > Jeroen Massar wrote:
> > > On Thu, 2005-07-07 at 10:39 -0400, Scott McGrath wrote:
> > > > 4 - Retrain entire staff to support IPv6
> > >
> > > You have to train people to drive a car, to program a new VCR etc. What
> > > is so odd about this?
> >
> > I had training to drive a car once in my life when I got my drivers
> > license.  I don't have to get a fresh training for every new car I
> > end up driving throughout my life.
>
> You will have to get an additional license for driving a truck or even
> when you are getting a caravan behind that car of yours though.
> Motorbikes also have different licenses and you get separate trainings
> for those. They all have wheels, look the same, operate somewhat the
> same, but are just a little bit different and need a bit different
> education.
>
> You also either read something, educated yourself or even got a training
> to operate IPv4 networks, now you will just need a refresh for IPv6.
> You can opt to not take it, but then don't complain you don't understand
> it. For that matter if you don't understand IPv6 you most likely don't
> IPv4 (fully) either.
>
> > If I need training to program my new VCR then the operating mode of
> > that VCR is broken and I'm going to return it asap.
>
> Then a lot of VCR's will be returned because if there is one thing many
> people don't seem to understand, even after reading the manual then it
> is a VCR.
>
> > It's that simple.  Why are people buying iPod's like crazy?  Because
> > these thingies don't require training.  People intuitively can use
> > them because the GUI is designed well.
>
> So you didn't read the manual of or train yourself to use your compiler|
> bgp|isis|rip|operatingsystem|.... and a lot of other things ?
>
> IP networks are not meant for the general public, they only care that
> the apps that use it work, they don't type on routers.
> Protocols don't have GUI's or do you have a point and click BGP? :)
>
> Greets,
>  Jeroen