On: 37signals to Drop IE6 Support

One shouldn't need to include common knowledge as supporting data.

It's exactly this attitude that has given IT the black eye that we still haven't recovered from.

What's "common" to you may not be "common" to others. Especially your customers. Stop educating them and die.

Why is IT, alone out of every other business division, expected to provide common knowledge reasoning behind their decisions?

It's exactly this attitude that has given internet forums the black eye that they still haven't recovered from.

Stop being harsh with people, and don't tell them to die.

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Sorry for the mirroring; I know it's often done in spite; it's just irresistibly amusing; and seriously I don't think it's good to tell people to die.

I think you misread his post. Pretty sure he meant:

"If you stop educating them, you will die."

At least that is how I read it.

Oops, you're right. I usually blame misinterpretations on the writer, not the reader. Sorry. I can't imagine saying what he thought I said.

Just an expression to emphasize how important it is to keep educating your customers, especially if you're in tech.

Sorry.

Clarify this?

It is common knowledge that IE 6 has serious bugs and problems. I'm not going to rehash them, because they were discussed in other responses to edw519's initial comment.