Microsoft's attachment to its Internet Explorer 6 web browser is so great that the software giant is still not ready to dump it.

Microsoft has said that eight-year old IE6 will be supported till 2014; signifying developers will have to stick with it for another five years.

As per data compiled by Web monitoring firms, around 15% to 20% of people still make use of IE6 for browsing.

A group of about seventy developers has launched an online movement called ie6nomore against IE6, saying IE6 slows the online experience.

Evan Solomon, a developer said, "Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 was released in late 2001. For its time, it was a decent browser, but in 2009, it is still in use by a significant portion of the web population, and its time is now up."

On the other hand, Dean Hachamovitch, general manager for the browser group is of the view that IE6 could not be dumped as they were required to support IE6 for the whole life of the product.

Net Applications' figures show that Microsoft's IE 6 enjoys 27% of the browser market as compared with IE7's 23%. IE 8 is said to have only somewhat more than 12% of the market.

Nevertheless, experts say that IE6's demise is sure and company is only delaying it.