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This is the biggest example I've seen of the network of YC alumni organizing to do something. YC itself didn't organize this or even know about it.

I've been looking forward to seeing what this type of network can do that a traditionally hierarchically structured organization can't.

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I dunno, Google seems to have beaten them to the punch and no matter their culture, I'd still call them a traditionally hierarchically structured organization

What does beating anyone to the punch have anything to do with this? This isn't some race to hit a specific market first, and I doubt they're trying to go down in internet history as The Organization that Led the Revolution Against IE6. Regardless of who came out against IE6 first, this can only strengthen the effort, and lengthens the list of popular services against the browser, which will hopefully change things.

Who beat who to the punch is completely and utterly irrelevant here. It's all about sending out the right signal and taking a bold stand in bringing the web forward.

The fact that people sit down and make time to come up with initiatives like this is something I truly admire, no matter how big their audience or the volume of their network.

What punch did we get beaten to, exactly?

Doesn't google show Chrome ads on google.com and youtube.com for users with IE6.

They have a couple more page views than the YC alumni network.

>> Doesn't google show Chrome ads on google.com and youtube.com for users with IE6.

They do. I for one, wish they'd stop doing it for FF users too though. It's getting really annoying.

To be fair, there is pushuptheweb.com, though that's more a general purpose upgrade reminder for your site and not targeted specifically at IE6

the whole convincing people to start abandoning IE6 thing

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