Hi Randy,
i can not speak to the intent in the ripe region. but the principal intent of the final /8 policy in the apnic region was so that *new* entrants could get one small piece of the pie. in the years when we have a mixed 6/4 internet, folk will need a wee bit of v4 space for things such as nat64 and other ways face the dual stack world. pissing it away in greed and/or arrogance is not responsible to our children.
I fully agree with you. My company (A2B Internet) did a lot of PI registrations in the last couple of years and it would be very nice to have this available for a couple more months for possible customers in the next couple months. However, having said that, the reserved space in the final /8 is to allow '*new* entrants' and that is also how I view this. So although it might not be in the best interest for my company (PI registration business wise), I still don't agree with the proposal. Regards, Erik Bais