Re: Quad-A records in Network Solutions ?

[Brett Frankenberger <rbf () rbfnet com>]

On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 04:13:53PM -0300, Carlos Martinez-Cagnazzo wrote:
> I'm not convinced. What you mention is real, but the code they need is
> little more than a regular expression that can be found on Google and a
> 20-line script for testing lames. And a couple of weeks of testing, and
> I think I'm exaggerating.
>
> If they don't want to offer support for it, they can just put up some
> disclaimer.
>
> regards,
>
> Carlos
>
>
> On 3/28/12 3:55 PM, David Conrad wrote:
> > On Mar 28, 2012, at 11:47 AM, Carlos Martinez-Cagnazzo wrote:
> > > I'm not a fan of conspiracy theories, but, c'mon. For a provisioning
> > > system, an AAAA record is just a fragging string, just like any other
> > > DNS record. How difficult to support can it be ?
> >
> > Of course it is more than a string. It requires touching code, (hopefully) testing that code, deploying it, 
> > training customer support staff to answer questions, updating documentation, etc. Presumably Netsol did the 
> > cost/benefit analysis and decided the potential increase in revenue generated by the vast hordes of people 
> > demanding IPv6 (or the potential lost in revenue as the vast hordes transfer away) didn't justify the expense. 
> > Simple business decision.
> >
> > Regards,
> > -drc