I dont hate internet explorer or begrudge microsoft their profit. IE is an excellent browser, but unfortunatly when I look at Opera and see a browser, email client, newsreader and ICQ instant messenger all in one then browser-only IE can bugger off quite frankly...... Plus opera doesnt kill my computer when i have several sites open at once........
Also i prefer it over NS6 as unlike NS it gives you the option of turning off all that "skinnable" crap that Nutscrape is loaded down with these days...... I dont WANT my browser to look like some kind of AOL happyhappy land kiddie browser ta very much......