On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 7:16 PM, David Conrad <drc@virtualized.org> wrote:

Tore,

On Sep 23, 2013, at 7:23 AM, Tore Anderson <tore@fud.no> wrote:
> What I do not understand, is why anyone would expect that a company that has no need and no interest in IPv4 address space would go out and buy some.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speculation

That, and to hoard/safeguard for possible future use.

It happened time and again before we reached the last /8, and I think it would be very weird if it hasn't happened under the current policy.

It will also continue to happen under the current policy, if this proposal should fall.

I think that is one of the things that the opponents – including Sylvain – keep forgetting or ignoring, that everything that's wrong (in their eyes) with the _consequences_ of the proposal, is _already happening_ and has been happening for quite some time.

I have a very hard time believing that people will _cease_ speculating or hoarding/safeguarding just because this proposal wouldn't get implemented.

And the effort of having to put a few more words somewhere will not change that.

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Jan