Re: Deprecating IPv6 (Re: draft-bourbaki-6man-classless-ipv6-00)

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> Many of the arguments against this draft seem to
> be of the form "this is bad because it might allow
> uninformed people to make bad decisions which
> could have bad outcomes."  I find this line of reasoning
> to be somewhat disturbing.
> 
> Imagine, if you will, early man, out hunting for food
> using his typical tool, a blunt club.  Along comes Thag,
> with a sharpened stick, ready to join the hunt.  Early
> man looks at it and says "wait...that looks dangerous;
> someone could use that the wrong way, and hurt
> themselves, or potentially hurt me.  Rather than
> take that risk, and potentially learn new, more
> efficient ways of getting food, let's just ban it
> now, before anyone gets any new ideas."
> We could still be out on the plains, beating
> our meat with blunt clubs instead of learning
> new ways of hunting.  We shouldn't fear progress,
> even if it comes with a few roadbumps and bruises.
> 
> This draft isn't saying you *have* to use a bit boundary
> other than /64; it's simply saying you have the *option*
> to do so, if you like.  It's giving people the flexibility to
> try new combinations out; some of them may be ill-advised;
> a few warriors may come back with one less limb, having
> discovered the _pointy_ end goes towards the prey.  But
> on the whole, the potential for advancement would seem
> to outweigh the risks of people maybe doing something
> stupid here and there.
> 
> I support this draft for its ability to look beyond the
> classful box, to a world in which creative new possibilities
> open up before us, enabling new and unusual addressing
> models and the potential for discovering new network
> topologies we'd never considered before.
> We shouldn't let ourselves be ruled by the fear of what
> someone *might* do, and hold ourselves back from the
> chance to progress and expand outside of our current
> box.
> 
> Let's bring innovation back to the Internet.

I believe that innovation in the IP layer hinders innovation other places in the stack (aka the Internet).
A core principle of the Internet architecture is to keep the waist of the hourglass/wineglass narrow to allow for Innovation above and below.

Best regards,
Ole