"Android has a much bigger fragmentation problem than Internet Explorer. Supporting only the latest 2 Android releases (4.3 and 4.4) would mean targeting less than 3% of the Android devices."
Must be accurate coming from Google.
IE6 will never support ES5 or CSS3.
A 2.1 Android device can support fragments and action bars via libraries.
Comparing the two is just dishonest. Furthermore Android doesnt run on web standards like HTML or CSS.
If you want to compare things then compare the fact that Microsoft dont allow XP users to upgrade IE to the latest version , whereas Google provides compatibility libraries for old devices to use the latest APIs.
CSS PIE 2.0 comes surprisingly close. Although you do have to add custom rules in the CSS file.
http://googlesystem.blogspot.ca/p/about-google-operating-sys...
http://www.androidauthority.com/android-4-4-kitkat-nexus-4-n...
Even if that weren't the case, your comparison would be dishonest.
In fact, nobody was even talking about iOS here.
Your comparison makes about as much sense as the parents comparison between IE and Android since both are absolutely irrelevant and unrelated to the topic.