> Rather than using a secure browser and creating corporate—or firewall—policies to block unwanted time-wasting sites, companies are depending on the browser’s increasing obsolescence to render the sites unusable. This allows IT managers to keep users out of [YouTube](http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2010/02/youtube-to-kill-ie6-support-on-march-13.ars) without having to actually confront the users they are supposed to be supporting; it’s the *sites’* fault that Internet Explorer 6 doesn’t work, not the IT department’s fault for foisting that legacy browser on its users.
via [arstechnica.com](http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2010/05/for-some-companies-ie-6s-ineptitude-is-a-feature-not-flaw.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss)
If my IT department were to suggest keeping my whole company on IE 6 just to avoid having to block YouTube, I’d fire the entire staff immediately and replace them. Seriously. How to these people keep their jobs?
