[ga-roots] The 80/20 Rule

["Jim Fleming" <JimFleming@prodigy.net>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "William X. Walsh" <william@userfriendly.com>
> 
> It is not taken in the only area of the dns that ICANN must involve
> itself in.
> 

It is widely reported that 80% of all IPv4 equipment never touches what
some people define to be the IPv4 [legacy|toy|government] Internet.

Are you discussing standards for the majority (80%) or the minority (20%) ?

If current trends continue, and more and more of the islands that make
up the 80% become privately connected via 2002:<IPv4>:0000:<IPv8>
and native <IPv8>, this may be one more reason to work on standards
that most of the people can use.

http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/ietf/Current/msg12213.html
2002:<IPv4>:0000:<IPv8> vs. 3FFE:<IPv6>
http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/ietf/Current/msg12223.html


Is the goal to work on standards that are widely used, or only used
by a narrow part of the population ?

Should people set up separate standards bodies working in the
new address spaces and new TLDs (http://www.New.Net) ?
That may allow the 80% to focus on 100% of their own needs.

As for the 20%, it looks like they are being routed around...


Jim Fleming
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