Well, you are saying they are fluffing the facts
No, facts are facts, they are losing market share in the browser arena, about 5% in the recent months and they have had a bit of a rough ride with various security bulletins, etc.

MS aren’t going to say we have brought forward the IE7 beta release, because IE6 is getting canned in the media, or that they are losing market share; they say they are listening to their users. The fact remains if you release something 4-6 months early how are you able to do that without cutting corners or devoting more staff to a project that isn’t going to produce any revenue. They are also dropping functions from Longhorn (the next windows OS release) in order to keep to the roadmap dates.

Even US Dept. of Homeland Security (or some such Gov body) are recommending a switch from IE.

No need to be sorry, you are only seeking information.