[ppml] Policy Proposal: IPv4 Soft Landing (version 2.0)

[Ted Mittelstaedt]

>-----Original Message-----
>From: ppml-bounces at arin.net [mailto:ppml-bounces at arin.net]On Behalf Of
>David Williamson
>Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2007 4:55 PM
>To: David Conrad
>Cc: ppml at arin.net
>Subject: Re: [ppml] Policy Proposal: IPv4 Soft Landing (version 2.0)
>
>
>On Wed, Aug 22, 2007 at 04:44:44PM -0700, David Conrad wrote:
>> > -Let it run out.
>> 
>> An understandable position to take.  I'll admit I am somewhat  
>> skeptical that governments around the world will be willing to accept  
>> this approach.
>
>This may sound horribly cynical, but do you think governments will
>sufficiently understand the problem and then be able to take any sort
>of meaningful action before The End?
>
>Simply due to the timeline involved, I'm fairly certain that any
>governmental action will be after the fact.  At that point, it simply
>won't matter.
>

As a one-time PolySci major I am also positive this is exactly the way
it will work.

Ted