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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. Hate to speak ill of the dead, but... by elrous0 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Considering the reckless life it lead, is it any surprise it finally succumbed to all those viruses?

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    1. Re:Hate to speak ill of the dead, but... by teknopurge · · Score: 5, Funny

      You think IE would have used some protection.....

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  2. Something was missing.... by voodoo+cheesecake · · Score: 5, Funny

    They should have send a blue screen of death dressed up as the grim reaper!

  3. Nobody is completely evil by Locke2005 · · Score: 5, Funny

    The Internet Explorer team has got to be the coolest group in Redmond... unless, of course, you believe the cake is a lie!

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  4. Such a pity by ilikebees · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's so sad when a parent outlives a child.

  5. Were the flowers sterilized? by stefanlasiewski · · Score: 3, Funny

    And shortly afterward, plants surrounding the funeral began to wither and die from a exotic new fungus.

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    1. Re:Were the flowers sterilized? by DCstewieG · · Score: 5, Funny

      Sadly, Microsoft has a working fungicide but they refuse to ship it until next Tuesday.

    2. Re:Were the flowers sterilized? by TheSpoom · · Score: 2, Funny

      The fungus immediately bloomed into advertisements, and funeral organizers had difficulty pruning quickly enough to keep up with what they are now calling "deadware".

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  6. Re:Translation by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    IE9 is entirely rebuilt with 100% HTML5 support. SVG support.

  7. Re:Translation by amicusNYCL · · Score: 4, Funny

    I've already said too much. They're looking for me now, I can hear the helicopters.

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  8. Re:Translation by PRMan · · Score: 5, Funny

    it's about supporting a standard that no one thought Microsoft would support.

    HTML?

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  9. Re:Human moment by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Apple would have gone the "sue them" route for sure.

    Actually, I am posting this Anon because Apple might sue me for using the word "Apple"

  10. Re:I will never upgrade my IE6. by martas · · Score: 2, Funny

    dude, if you're so masochistic as to like using the ie6 POS interface, then the whole "kill ie6" movement is actually good for you. more websites you can't use => more pain => more sick perverted pleasure.

    also, try chopping off your balls. i hear it huts real nice.

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