MoD has "no plans" to upgrade from IE6

Comments

• Ah, the MOD. The same people who decided that the latest ships for the Royal Navy should run on Microsoft Windows :lol: rather than something more UNIX like. Maybe the powers that be simply can't count higher than 6. Posted by Michael, UK
• Astonishing.
  
  Any version of IE is an incredibly bad choice, but sticking with 6 simply beggars belief.
  
  I can't decide if this is reckless irresponsibility, just sheer stupidity, or both. And for once the British Government is actually right about something... Posted by guru24, UK
• Glad to see the people set up to protect our contry know how to protect themselves. just ignorance.
  
  Watson says: "Why civil servants should not be given the choice to use Firefox or Chrome or Safari is beyond me. UK web workers deserve better".
  
  surely this must be applied world word and get web standards on track?
  
  Posted by David, uk
• The reason a lot of business and government organizations still use IE6 has a lot to do with various bespoke web applications that they are using (payroll/timesheet/management systems). These systems were poorly designed and tested to work with IE6 only and as such the users are stuck with that old browser.
  
  The amount of money it would take to upgrade the apps, rewrite them or buy new ones is pretty considerable and it's definitely a major factor why so many large corporations and government organizations are still suck in the past with IE6. Posted by Greg, na disbars