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They're trying to get XP users to upgrade from IE6 to IE8. This is a problem because IE8 is already obsolete.

It would be preferable to encourage people to run pretty much any other browser on XP, because they are all being actively updated with new features.

The point, which doesn't have anything to do with Microsoft-bashing: Don't run this banner on your site.

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marginal improvement is still improvement. we could just chill out and accept that microsoft has the right to promote its product and we have the right not to put the banner on our sites.

The problem is that many people who don't know any better and don't read sites like HN will just go and use this banner.

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