> Remember the Y2K bug? All computers would have to be reprogrammed to make them 'year 2000' compliant? We would run out of time?
Yes. I remember that not much happened to the standard customer. I also remember the crazy sums spent on upgrades of both software and hardware. Illegal number of overtime hours taken. Key people spending the night on site just in case. Some errors were corrected later, even though customers never heard of them. Many problems were avoided exactly because of that preparation.
Now, for a change look at predictions based on current usage patterns: http://www.potaroo.net/tools/ipv4/index.html - just above a year left unless reserved ranges are given away. Sure - a typical user has 0 or 1 address. But IT companies deal in at least /24s. I'm using at least 20 or so addresses (16 at home) for own devices. And there are some people who will keep their x.y/16 just in case they need to expand and request more for current needs. Noone's going to tidy up now. It's better for companies to over-allocate and request even more now, so that in a year there's some space for scaling down.
Yes. I remember that not much happened to the standard customer. I also remember the crazy sums spent on upgrades of both software and hardware. Illegal number of overtime hours taken. Key people spending the night on site just in case. Some errors were corrected later, even though customers never heard of them. Many problems were avoided exactly because of that preparation.
Now, for a change look at predictions based on current usage patterns: http://www.potaroo.net/tools/ipv4/index.html - just above a year left unless reserved ranges are given away. Sure - a typical user has 0 or 1 address. But IT companies deal in at least /24s. I'm using at least 20 or so addresses (16 at home) for own devices. And there are some people who will keep their x.y/16 just in case they need to expand and request more for current needs. Noone's going to tidy up now. It's better for companies to over-allocate and request even more now, so that in a year there's some space for scaling down.