6bone diagram changes

[Stuart McDermid]

I belive that UKERNA is being unfairly treated here (but I would since I am
biased etc.)

UKERNA has set up a SIG devoted to IPv6 (and RSVP) which first met on the
15th of Jan 1997. To join the UKERNA IPv6 mailing list send an email to:
UKERNA-IPv6-SIG-administrator@UKERNA.ac.uk It is a human on the other end
so a simple message is OK. The feeling of this meeting was that anyone
wishing to join the 6bone should do this, and that the SIG should monitor
IPv6 without a major pilot project. 

This doesn't mean that UKERNA doesn't want to do something with IPv6 and is
just sitting on it's hands but that is what people in the UK academic
community that turned up at the SIG meeting told UKERNA. Now if this is
different to what is required then please tell us then we can do something
about it. 

Regards,
Stuart

At 15:29 22/02/97 +0000, you wrote:
>> I agree. Is there any offical movement from ukerna regarding ipv6, or
should
>> we just go ahead in our own sweet way and deal with this amongst
ourselves ?
>
>Hi
>
>Last I heard, UKERNA decided on a watching brief. (read: everyone else can
>do the dirty work.) IMHO, those of us on the 6bone in the UK should go ahead
>and sort things out as best we can. It's exceedingly unlikely there'll be any
>effort on the part of UKERNA for a long time.
>
>More importantly, from a research point of view, your best bet when applying
>for research grants is to do something new, and good papers written early
will
>do better on the citation index than good papers written when everything's
>been done. It's sad when research has to be so mercenary, but it also means
>you can't wait for drifters.
>
>Jonathan
>
>
>
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