UK Government refuses to upgrade from Microsoft IE 6
The government has said it will not upgrade its departments' computers from Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 because it would not be 'cost-effective'.
This was in spite of an online petition posted to Number10.gov.uk earlier this year. It received 6,223 signatures that called for the "Prime Minister to encourage government departments to upgrade away from Internet Explorer 6" due to its alleged vulnerability to attack, and because it requires web developers to specially craft sites to support the browser.
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Rather than abandon IE6 entirely, Dan Frydman, the petition's creator and managing director of web design firm Inigo Media, suggested that government allow its staff to install and run alternate browsers. Inside the organisation, they would use IE6, but they would be allowed to access external sites with a different browser, such as IE8, Firefox, Safari, Chrome or Opera.
