Internet Explorer 6 To Retire Soon
Internet Explorer 6 has fallen below 5% of Internet usage. Microsoft released the IE 6 web browser in 2000, and it became functionally obsolete in 2006. The Internet Explorer 7 release added very important support for Web 2.0 standards and security protections that IE6 lacks. Most Internet users upgraded, yet for half a decade, an alarming number of people and corporations have continued to use this broken web browser.
Yahoo has an article about the imminent retirement of IE 6 at:
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/IE6-Falls-below-5-for-First-bw-2049028363.html?x=0