Microsoft Advocates Path for IPv6 Evolution 

June 6, 2002

The latest indication of a major push for IPv6 came at the recent WinHEC conference in Seattle, Washington. In a speech during the gathering, Mike Shappell, a product unit manager in Microsoft's Windows networking group called on developers to work with network administrators to help "get IPv6 deployed," and to build native support for IPv6 into every application or piece of hardware you build." 

One reason behind this call to action is the belief by Microsoft Corp. that the number of DNS registered addresses will hit a "practical maximum" by next year and will be totally exhausted by 2009. 

One for all, all for one 
The executive leadership at Microsoft view IPv6 as a vital building block in creating their vision of a worldwide, peer-to-peer networking system where individual devices can connect to any other device without the need for a centralized server directing the traffic. 

Like many in the IT world, Microsoft visionaries foresee a day when the PC becomes the heart of an all-purpose communications system. This PC, which may be as large as a laptop or as small as a cell phone, would allow voice communication, the delivery of video or text content, as well as any possible combination of these media. This same device could also communicate with other types of devices including computers in automobiles, home stereos, and even refrigerators. 

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