The idea that IPv4 will be replaced with something that isn't IPv6 is no longer credible. We need a solution in 2012, and nothing else is going to be ready by that time.
Well it wouldn't take much for something else to outpace the adoption rate of IPv6. I think something will come along that is backwards compatible with v4. We're already seeing things like carrier grade NAT that are just bandaids but we can live with bandaids for a long time...
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The idea that IPv4 will be replaced with something that isn't IPv6 is no longer credible. We need a solution in 2012, and nothing else is going to be ready by that time.
Well it wouldn't take much for something else to outpace the adoption rate of IPv6. I think something will come along that is backwards compatible with v4. We're already seeing things like carrier grade NAT that are just bandaids but we can live with bandaids for a long time...
After this long, I'm starting to think we're actually more likely to see cataclysmic earthquakes and flooding in 2012 than adoption of IPv6.