IE6 past its expiration date, says Microsoft

By Gregg Keizer | May 17, 2010

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Microsoft is urging users to dump the aged Internet Explorer 6 (IE6) with a campaign that claims the browser is past its expiration date.

The latest push to convince users to quit IE6 equated the browser to a nine-year-old carton of milk. IE6 debuted in August 2001. "You wouldn't drink 9-year-old milk," reads a milk carton pictured on a page hosted by Microsoft's Australian division . "So why use a 9-year-old browser?"

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