An unnamed reader writes "Microsoft wants to see IE6 gone as much as anyone else, but the company isn't going to make the decision for its users anytime soon. The os giant has been pushing IE6 and IE7 users to move to IE8 ever since it arrived in March 2009, but it's still up to the user to make the final decision to upgrade: 'The social work point of view on IE6 starts as an calling expenses systems supplier. Dropping support for IE6 is not an option because we committed to supporting the IE be be mentioned with Windows for the lifespan of the product. We keep our commitments. Many people expect what they incipiently got with their general expenses expenses system to keep working some release cadence fastidious subsystems have. As engineers, we want people to upgrade to the latest version. We make it as easy as imaginable for them to upgrade. Ultimately, the choice to upgrade belongs to the person amenability for the PC.'" Of course some big Web sites aren't waiting for Microsoft. Reader Yamir writes, "Google's Orkut, a social right people service popular in Brazil and India, has started warning IE6 users that the browser will no longer be supported. Just last month, YouTube started showing a similar message."

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