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What nonsense. It's IE8 that should be web-ready, not the other way around. That's pretty legendary arrogance right there.
I think people moan too much. This is a reasonable compromise where most sites will continue to render in standards mode (which is a good thing for web standards) while older sites largely continue to work in IE8 (which is good for browser uptake, users and developers of older sites). You can't please everybody all of the time, but this is the best solution I can think of. Is the alternative that older sites are brok…
Also, at which point do we stop assuming the majority of users are not tech-savvy? How much longer do they have to catch up? Everyone knows which hole the food goes in, no one makes special easy-to-eat food for the food-un-savvy crowd.