Microsoft to Auto-Upgrade Internet Explorer Users
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2397672,00.asp
Microsoft announced Thursday that starting next month, it will begin automatically upgrading its users to the most recent version of its Internet Explorer browser.
Customers on Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7 with automatic updating enabled via Windows Update will be bumped up to the latest version of IE in the coming months. For Vista and Windows 7, that's IE9, and for XP, that's IE8. The upgrades will start for customers in Brazil and Australia, and roll out gradually to the rest of the world, Microsoft said in a blog post.
There is a opt out for it but the average user will just go ahead and let it happen as part of the windows updates.
On the whole though it'll be great to finally throw out the mess that was IE6
