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[John Baltutis]

On 1/27/10, you wrote:
> At 12:55 -0800 26/1/10, John Baltutis wrote:
>>On 1/25/10, zapcat <zapcat at speakeasy.net> wrote:
>>>  Whether or not it does, do you know of any downsides to turning IPv6 off?
>>
>>Turn it off. It's experimental:
>><http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.6/en/8708.html>
>
> The quote from that link: "IPv6 is used primarily by some research
> institutions" does not mean that it's experimental. In fact it's a
> full standard and very much alive. Admittedly mainly alive within
> organisations because of the unreliability of some bits of the
> Internet infrastructure like some DNS servers.
>
> To my own knowledge there was much interest in IPv6 deployment at a
> 2008 conference attended by many of those who provide the web
> services we all use, so it may not be long before we're all using
> websites with IPv6 addresses.
>
> Most people can turn it off for now, but don't dismiss it as
> experimental. It left that stage in 1998.

IMO, anything that left the stage twelve years ago and hasn't arrived is
experimental or wishful thinking.