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Microsoft Sends Flowers To Internet Explorer 6 Funeral

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the sorry-about-your-loss dept.

Several readers have written with a fun followup to yesterday's IE6 funeral. Apparently Microsoft, in a rare moment of self-jest, took the time to send flowers, condolences, and a promise to meet at MIX. The card reads: "Thanks for the good times IE6, see you all @ MIX when we show a little piece of IE Heaven. The Internet Explorer Team @ Microsoft."

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  1. So... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    now we kill flowers in addition to IE6?

  2. Re:Such a pity by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Yes in this case. Both should have had an "accident" years ago...

  3. Flowers? Please ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    It should have been euthanasia. When a dog bites you put it to sleep. Sending flowers is no condolence for their rottweiler taking a big chunk out of everyone's ass.

  4. Re:Hate to speak ill of the dead, but... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Back in the day, when IE 6 was released, it was easily the best browser around.

    IE 6? I was happily using Opera at the time.

    What's your point? Opera sucks now, and it sucked back then. The fact that you used it back then just means that in addition to picking an inferior browser, you were willing to pay money for it.