[TriLUG] Adding to the list of topics: IPv6
William Sutton
william at trilug.org
Thu Jan 22 15:27:46 EST 2004
Saying "Who needs telephones..." is a false generalization of what I said.
What I said was that some of these devices might make sense for certain
business purposes but otherwise aren't likely to interest the average
person. I still stand by that assessment. I don't see where having
IPv6-enabled appliances is really going to help the average person on the
street.
Sure, for VoIP phones, it makes sense...but toasters? refirgerators?
HVAC? PDAs? I **REALLY** don't see the advantages, and I have yet to see
any sort of logical argument to support that ("Golly gee, look at the
whiz-bang future potential" doesn't count).
I'm not trying to be a stick in the mud, but I just don't see the need to
put IP addresses on every gizmo that comes out of a factory.
William
On 22 Jan 2004, Jon Carnes wrote:
> On Thu, 2004-01-22 at 11:51, William Sutton wrote:
> > Just a few more questions for thought,,,
>
> > Likewise the cell phone/laptop/pda/digital camera argument. As someone
> > pointed out, communication between the devices themselves can be
> > accomplished via non-ip systems (bluetooth, irda, wires, rf, whatever).
> > Cell phones can already connect online, so your personal mobile setup
> > could be routed through one of the above protos to the cell and up to the
> > tower. I can see business applications where this might be desirable,
> > but, again, for the average Joe I don't see it making sense.
> >
> > William
> >
> That's cool. For you it doesn't make sense, and you wouldn't buy
> IP-enabled devices. The point isn't that they are good for you, but that
> without IPv6 they can't realistically exist.
>
> "Who needs telephones, England has plenty of small boys to run messages"
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