Microsoft has realised that China is a bastion of IE6.

Absrtact: Sina Science and technology news Beijing time, December 6 morning, a Microsoft executive said that unless Chinese consumers abandon IE6, it will be very difficult to make this old browser extinct. Internet analytics company NET Applications data show that as of this year

Sina Science and technology news Beijing time, December 6 morning, a Microsoft executive said that unless Chinese consumers abandon IE6, it will be difficult to make this old browser extinct.

Internet analytics company NET Applications data show that, as of November this year, 45.2% of Chinese Internet users are still using IE6, more than five times times the rest of the world. The browser's usage is only 7.6% in other areas except China, and the global dosage is 14.6%.

Nielsen, a market-research firm, expects about 420 million internet users in China. By contrast, the second-ranked us has only about 240 million internet users.

Microsoft has realised that China is a bastion of IE6. Roger Capriotti, director of the company's IE product marketing, said: "IE6 a large number of users from China." Roger Caprioti "He has said that his job is to reduce the market share of IE6 to 0, and in his view, this is a" win "campaign. Caprioti said last week that IE6 's share of the Chinese market had slipped by more than 5% since August.

Caprioti also points to Microsoft's belief that Chinese users are obsessed with IE6: "There are many reasons, including piracy, low PC system update rate." Also, a large number of computers do not use Windows Update. He declined to say how Microsoft plans to push Chinese users to abandon IE6.

In the past, Microsoft has accused the Pirates of causing Chinese users to move slowly through new browsers. The company says users of pirated Windows systems are wary of Windows Update or even browser upgrades, fearing that Microsoft will detect and deactivate the system. Microsoft has been calling China a hotbed of software piracy.

Net applications data show that China's PC system update rate lags far behind the global average. In November, the market share of Windows XP operating system was 19.7% 57.9%,windows 7 of the world's Internet-connected computers. In China, the share of Windows XP has reached an astonishing 81.8%,windows 7, just 10.3%, slightly above half the global average.

Windows XP was published in 2001, and IE6 is the default browser for the system. Users who want to use new browsers such as IE7 or IE8 must manually upgrade or use Windows Update.