Subject: IPv4, IPv8, and IPv16

From: "Jim Fleming" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 13 Mar 1999 01:17:44 -0600

IPv4, IPv8 and IPv16 are being developed to work together.
This requires architecture. A "flat-network" view of the world,
such as IPv6, does not require any architecture. That makes
life simple, and allows the IETF to avoid the hard problems,
which eventually have to be solved. In my opinion, the IETF
is largely the equivalent of a "street-gang" of technical "thugs"
who think they control the playground. Fortunately, more and
more people are seeing what they are all about, and just route
around them to and from other more interesting activities. I
suggest that people just route around the IETF...and maybe
they will all end up on Mars...those of us on planet Earth still
have a lot of work to do...and are not distracted by the noise
from Mars...or other parts of the IETF outerspace...

JF