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Corporate IT Just Won't Let IE6 Die

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the your-arms-bloody-off dept.

alphadogg writes "Security experts, industry analysts, and even Microsoft recommend that IT departments upgrade Internet Explorer 6, yet new research shows that while there may have recently been a mock funeral for the aging browser, IE6 is still around and doing well, especially during standard business hours." The article says that they are seeing 6-13% peaking during business hours. Around here we see less than 1.5% IE6, but since we see only 10% IE in general, I imagine we're just lucky.

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  1. Re:My plate is pretty full right now... by Lumpy · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Yup they will get right on that right after they recode all the internal apps from VB6 to VB.net...

    you have any idea how much VB6 crap is still rolling around inside corporations, even HUGE ones?

    you think they will be replacing the horribly borked .asp webapps soon? They wont fix them until forced to do so.. In other words, Microsoft stops issuing any patches for IE6 and warns everyone against using it for any reason.

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