It was largely perceived to mean the browser was now only going to see an update when the operating system did, and given Longhorn�s continual slip date, this could only mean the reign of IE6 would continue for many years to come.
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There are so many compelling reasons to stop using IE6 now, but the market has done next to nothing about it. Even if IE7 is perfect, we�ll be supporting IE6 for a long time yet.
What the hell is this guy talking about? The market has done something about it, its called Firefox. In terms of rendering, the market has something called Gecko (Mozilla's rendering engine) or KHTML (Konqueror/Safari) or Operas engine. Thats why IE6 market share is slipping. That is why there is now an IE7 for Windows XP (despite Microsoft saying there wont be earlier). Microsoft could not afford to leave the new version of the browser only on Longhorn as their strangle hold on the market is being lost to Firefox.
