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einpoklumlast Friday at 4:19 PM1 replyview on HN

> "IPv6 wasn't about turning IPv4 off, but about ensuring the internet could continue to grow without breaking,"

Then it's failure is by design. I should not want to multiplex/bridge different versions of the network-layer protocol; and certainly not to avoid using the new protocol because the old one seems more usable and approachable.


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wmflast Friday at 4:53 PM

I think the original plan was definitely to turn IPv4 off. Obviously that's probably not practical in our lifetimes.

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