If you are targeting the public at large with your new web site/start up then the IE6 issue looms large. However if you market is the "movers and shakers" then you are going to care a lot more about FireFox, Safari and IE8 right now - and will be looking to Google's Chrome to join in and take a share.
However, what the hell is Hank trying to say here? Is there a point to this blog post?
Is he suggesting that innovation should be halted simply because a large minority is still using outdated technology?
Oh, and according to W3C IE only has about 50% of market share, which is a lot different than the 75% he claims. is there a more accurate source he's going off of, or is it hyperbole?
Assuming of course, that whatever he's doing needs to run on all computers.
Unfortunately though, the people who use IE6 are the same people who click on "You won $10,000!! Click on the monkey to claim" adverts, so you can't really ignore them if you're going after advertising revenue.
Um, not necessarily. Some of us are stuck on corporate machines that prevent you from running anything else. My back of the envelope guess is that this contributes to at least 25% of IE6 use.