Re:Lucky bastards (Score 2)

Very doubtful. The only places I have heard of that still suport IE6 are legacy intranet systems, usually in banks or somesuch, where all the terminals use the same browser version, ie. the same situation you have with an obsolete COBOL system that is still working for various "business reasons".

I would have believed like you until a few months ago - but have now done some work for a very large financial organization that supports IE6 on its customer facing platforms - the reason I was given was that they are legally obligated to do so. Everyone I met would love to drop IE6 and they know all the arguments for why their customers should not use it.

Just because a browser has nearly zero share, doesn't mean some poor person isn't obligated by their business to make sure that any changes they make to a site continue to work in it.