From ComputerWorld:
Friends don’t let friends use IE6. – Amy Bazdukas, Microsoft Internet Explorer General Manager.
She does give businesses some cover, saying because some companies are big stupid heads and built applications around IE6 rather than web standards they might have to keep using it. I’m paraphrasing.
In any event, good advice from Microsoft. I’ve been spreading this advice on some of my sites since IE8 came out.
I’m sure that part of the motivation behind “get rid of IE6″ is that ies4linux and ies4mac allow you to run IE6 on Linux and Mac platforms. But I like where you’re going with “the best replacement for IE6 is another browser entirely.”