IE6 is now over 8 years old, thats historic in IT terms. Unfortunately there are many (un-named) organisations that persist in using it due to a fear of upgrading to IE7. This would be understandable, except that so much time has now passed it now requires more work to support IE6 than it would ever take to upgrade. I have recently found myself spending hours extra to ensure that a site would look okay just for IE6 with every other browser working seamlessly. I enjoy being tested and my skills pushed to the limit, but not if its unnecessary and the lessons learnt are only applicable to an out-of-date web browser. I have much better things to do with my time, like count pixels on my screen….

[IE6 is] Compatible with IT departments that fear change

For a sarcastic view on the issue see: http://saveie6.com/