Corporate IT Just Won't Let IE6 Die 479
alphadogg writes "Security experts, industry analysts, and even Microsoft recommend that IT departments upgrade Internet Explorer 6, yet new research shows that while there may have recently been a mock funeral for the aging browser, IE6 is still around and doing well, especially during standard business hours." The article says that they are seeing 6-13% peaking during business hours. Around here we see less than 1.5% IE6, but since we see only 10% IE in general, I imagine we're just lucky.
As a general rule (Score:5, Funny)
If you are still using I.E. 6 then you do not have "Corporate IT". Someone should go into the server room and poke the guy with a stick, and see if he moves. If not, call 911 on your rotary phone.
Re:My plate is pretty full right now... (Score:5, Funny)
We see over 80% IE6, most of our users are NHS, hospital staff, clinicians etc
Kind of appropriate in a way.
Re:Well... (Score:3, Funny)
Call in a consulting team, get a quote for reworking it. Doesnt that neatly solve the problem?
Pfft. Post the job on Rent A Coder. You'll get the job done cheap and good by some really hungry laid off IT guy that needs the money.
Re:Hey Taco (Score:4, Funny)
OS breakdown here would be interesting, too.
27/04/2010: The day slashdotters discovered they were all connecting with windows using IE6 and lying about just about everything. The page was closed and replaced with a porn site, for ever and ever.
Re:Well... (Score:5, Funny)
Call in a consulting team, get a quote for reworking it. Doesnt that neatly solve the problem?
Now presenting: The Bean Counter - A one-act play.
You: "This code is a mess! It was written by a bunch of low-grade college kids for cheap and is impossible to maintain! We need to call in a consulting team to get a quote for-"
(in a flurry of papers, a tweed-suited bean counter appears, apparently from a pocket dimension, as there is no visual evidence to suggest where he came from, nor are there any obvious entrances to where he is standing now. You don't even recall him ever working in the company before; he just IS)
Bean Counter: "NO! We need to save money over that plan! The money must be saved! SAVE IT! It's endangered!"
You: "But... save money over what?"
Bean Counter: (eyes grow wide) "MONEY! You save MONEY!!! Now look, we can easily solve this problem by hiring a bunch of low-grade college kids for cheap. That'll save us all sorts of money. Do this now."
You: "But that's what got us in this mess in the first place! We can't-"
Bean Counter: "Listen, you young punk, I know how money works. You don't. I've already gone over all the specs, and these college kids can write the same amount of codes for much less per-code than some fancy-schmansy overpriced professional. See this chart? It proves it."
You: "That's not how code works! There's quality concerns that-"
Bean Counter: (now furious) "DO YOU SEE THE CHART? LOOK AT THE CHART! THE CHART! THE CHART! It CLEARLY shows that the college kids can write an average of 650 lines of code more than your stupid 'trained professionals' per every dollar spent. That's called 'economical', you miserable snot! Are you TRYING to run this company into the ground?"
You: "Do you even understand the basic economics of programming at all?"
Bean Counter: "No! I don't waste my precious time and money with your worthless hobbies! I understand MONEY. Now shut up and do whatever it is you're paid to do, I've already got your boss putting MY plan in motion."
(end scene)
I must be the only one who likes IE 6... (Score:2, Funny)
On web development jobs, I charge my clients a 50% premium if they want IE6 support.
Re:Hey Taco (Score:3, Funny)
I'm not sure I want to even know what kind of porn you'd serve from a site called Slash Dot.
Rule 34. That kind of porn already exists, and it lacks a proper home.
Re:My plate is pretty full right now... (Score:3, Funny)
I already have. That's why the scare quotes. It didn't ACTUALLY need to support the decrepit old thing.
Another good approach is to present TWO estimates. The affordable one and the one that includes IE6 support. Just triple the price. 1x to develop the app. 1x to do it again but for IE6 and 1x for the pain of dealing with such a broken piece of crap.