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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