Microsoft has taken initiative to say bye bye to IE6, the reason is very simple and understandable. IE6 came in the market 10 years ago when web was evolving. Now, in this era where web has improved in leaps and bounds in last 10 years. We need a browser which is fast and beautiful which is none other than IE9. It is true that IE9 can be installed only on Windows 7. If one has some other version of Windows I would sugggest to upgrade to IE8 and get rid of IE6. Below image shows the usage of IE6 world wide.

A web developer spends significant amount of time to support IE6. Below list shows why you should IE9 or atleast IE8.
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Popular websites load quickly |
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Fully hardware-accelerated HTML5 for tomorrow’s rich web experiences |
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Competitive on popular JavaScript performance micro-benchmarks like WebKit SunSpider |
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JavaScript engine that both interprets and compiles code for better |
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JavaScript compiled in the background on secondary core |
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View and manage add-on performance |
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Automatic notification of add-ons that slow down browser performance |
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Pop-up blocker |
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Protection from phishing attacks |
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Protection from socially engineered malware |
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Sandboxed mode to limit impact of rogue add-ins (Windows Vista and later) |
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Support for DEP/NX |
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Delete browsing history (with granular control over cookies, passwords, and so on) |
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Privacy mode to browse without leaving any data on the PC |
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Highlight domain names in the address bar to help alert you to deceptive websites |
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Quirks mode for very old websites |
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Support for standards commonly used today (HTML 4.01, CSS 2.1) |
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Support for next generation standards like HTML5, CSS3, and ECMAScript 5 |
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Compatibility mode for older sites |
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Comprehensive developer tools built into the browser |
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Tabs isolated into separate processes to limit the impact system failure (crash) |
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Automatic recovery of tabs that have stopped responding |
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Tab recovery for when websites time out |
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Above comparision is from ie6countdown
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