IE6 will die of neglect long before the plug is pulled

Martin Courtney
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IE6 has been Microsoft's cross to bear for years, but it is finally reaching the end of the road

It is rare for a software company to maintain support for an application any longer than it needs to, given the cost and effort of keeping legacy software up to date. So on the face of it Microsoft...

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