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?