The United States has lost one of its most ardent proponents of IPv6, the next generation Internet protocol, with the death of Jim Bound earlier this week. Bound was a Senior Fellow with HP, Chair of the North American IPv6 Task Force and CTO of the IPv6 Forum.

"Jim’s passing is a very sad loss for the Internet community," said Internet Society CEO and President Lynn St.Amour. "Over a long period, Jim showed his commitment to the Internet Society’s mission with many valuable contributions and we are deeply grateful for his support."

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