2% may use IE6, but I'd guess that 2% uses the web WAY less than the other 98%. IE6 is probably 0.5% or less of total page views. As a group, IE6 users are also probably significantly less likely to spend money on the web.
Then there's opportunity cost. Time and budget spent on supporting IE6 could have gone into additional features. It's true that supporting IE6 is a business decision and it could be worth it for some companies, but even that 2% statistic makes IE6 seem a lot more relevant than it really is.
Then there's opportunity cost. Time and budget spent on supporting IE6 could have gone into additional features. It's true that supporting IE6 is a business decision and it could be worth it for some companies, but even that 2% statistic makes IE6 seem a lot more relevant than it really is.