But after the patch the advice wouldn't hold any more, everyone could go back to happily using IE. If XP wasn't patched then the news articles would be more nu

But after the patch the advice wouldn't hold any more, everyone could go back to happily using IE. If XP wasn't patched then the news articles would be more nuanced. The "Internet Explorer is dangerous!" theme from earlier articles might have continued and left the average consumer thinking that IE was broken everywhere. (I'm not sure if I totally agree, but this seems to be what the article is suggesting. And I think it still makes sense even with IE on XP stuck at IE8)