[TriLUG] Adding to the list of topics: IPv6

[Jon Carnes]

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"