Subj : Feature request: soft IPv6 force
To   : Michiel van der Vlist
From : mark lewis
Date : Sat Apr 28 2018 06:43 am


On 2018 Apr 28 10:51:24, you wrote to me:

ml>> at this time, i don't think i'd worry about OS/2... it is doubtful
ml>> that it will get an IPv6 stack any time soon...

MV> OS/2 is dead.

sorry but it is NOT dead... certainly not with a new variation of it being
actively worked on and distributed...

MV> It does not support IPv6 and never will.

i know and stated as much ;)

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ml>> i don't have a clue what DOS networking stacks may have these days...
ml>> freeDOS might have IPv6 by now but i've not looked at it in a long
ml>> time... winwhatever, *nix and mac, sure...

MV> AFAIK, there is no 16 bit OS that supports IPv6.

there is a 32bit freedos project...

MV> Anyway. IPv6 was born in 1995, more then two decades ago. I say that
MV> any OS that doesn't havae it yet, almost at the end of the second
MV> decade of the 21st century, has missed the boat and is not worth any
MV> rescue attempt. Let's forget about the dinasours and move on.

the adoption of 32bit took a while... the adoption of 64bit is taking longer...
i'm surprised they haven't announced 128bit yet so we can have this
""discussion"" again in another 50 years when 128bit is still just being
adopted ;)

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