Dear Friends,
I did not say anything to the effect of "forgetting about" IPv6, and have a distinct problem with the way what I did say has been represented in the headers to this chat. I have worked diligently for years to promote IPv6 and encourage people that they need to be planning for it *now*, because IPv4 addresses have little time left. The editors have jumped on my position that IPv6 is not as immediate an issue for enterprises as it is for service providers, simply because enterprises do not burn through public IP addresses as fast as SPs, and distorted what I said. But enterprises *do* need to be thinkinig about IPv6 *now* and making preliminary plans. John Curran in his post below makes some very good points as to why you could find yourself trying to imlement IPv6 in "panic mode" if you don't plan properly now.
Network World yanked the rug out from under me with these headlines, and after a weekend of dealing with the blowback from this I certainly won't be doing any more live chats; I can't afford further damage to the things I've worked hard for over the years.
--Jeff Doyle