If you referring to IE6, when you say 'IMNSHO, if something can't follow the standards and parse and display things properly, it is not a browser.'
I don't really think IE6 was that bad when it came out, it was certainly much better than what there was before. The problem is simply that it's outdated. By TODAY's standards it is a POS. And what standards were there for IE6 to follow in 2000/2001?