On what basis should Apple be forced to provide a DHCPv6 client as part of their OS? They have 10% of the market, and the number of IPv6 users I imagine is going to be a niche within their niche.
I appreciate that DHCPv6 support may be useful for some apple customers, but in the grand scheme of things it's probably in a minority, perhaps best served by the app store.
I also like the idea of references to 'religious nuts' being tied to apple users, not all but specifically of the fanboy type.
In short, I find the statement poetic. The value it adds is humour. You might not agree as humour is subjective, but it works for me.
No, on the contrary. What I'm saying is that IPv6 doesn't have enough traction, there's a finite number of developers and there are features that will be used by more people that should take more priority.
To put it another way, a native IPv6 client isn't necessarily as innovative as some of the other pending features. Not having DHCPv6 native isn't the end of the world and is a minor annoyance for a few. Putting a team on implementing DHCPv6 for a small subset of users takes people away from things like bugfixes. DHCPv6 is not trivial.
If Apple found a feature that relied upon IPv6 then I imagine a DHCPv6 client would be a priority. As it is, in the meantime you'll have to settle for things like http://klub.com.pl/dhcpv6/ - which at least works on leopard but you'll have to compile it yourself and it's not complete.
