Re: ARIN just subdivided their last /17, /18, /19, /20, /21 and /22. Down to only /23s and /24s now. : ipv6

["Ricky Beam" <jfbeam () gmail com>]

On Sat, 27 Jun 2015 13:23:27 -0400, Lyndon Nerenberg <lyndon () orthanc ca>  
wrote:
> IPX ruled the roost, very popularly, for a little while.  How long did  
> it take to die?

It isn't dead yet, but it's certainly on the endangered list.

> Why did it die?

The death of Novell NetWare (and their transitioned to IP) killed it the  
enterprise. Games adopting IP for network play killed it in the home.

Ultimately, it sucks as a WAN protocol, so the internet was built using  
this new fangled IP thing.