> On 15 Jun 2017, at 8:22 am, Mike Schwab <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> https://www.arcanoae.com/arcaos-5-0-now-available/
> OS2 Warp for 2017, still 32 bit, updated drivers for newer hardware.
> Includes Win 3.1 compatibility.
> 

What browser runs on OS/2? 

>> On Wed, Jun 14, 2017 at 8:14 AM, David Crayford <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> On 14/06/2017 5:54 PM, R.S. wrote:
>>> 
>>> W dniu 2017-06-14 o 10:21, Styles, Andy (ITS zPlatform Services) pisze:
>>>> 
>>>> Classification: Public
>>>> I would hazard a guess that the answer to that is the same answer as to
>>>> why Windows XP (and probably NT!) is still in use!
>>>> 
>>>> Not to mention anyone running out-of-support mainframe software (and
>>>> hardware for that matter)..
>>> 
>>> IMHO the reason for using IE8 and reasons for using out-of-support z/OS
>>> are slightly different (how much it would take to obtain new PC with new
>>> Windows+new IE?), however that's not right question.
>>> 
>>> The right question is why Ed's company still support such out-of-date
>>> things.
>>> My hazard guess: some 1000000 MIPS customer is still using IE8 for any
>>> (stupid or not) reason. In such case I would even support Windows 3.1 with
>>> Nestcape Navigator. ;-)
>>> 
>> 
>> Of course that's a joke but it's pretty tricky to develop modern web
>> applications to run on old browsers even with polyfills. JavaScript
>> frameworks and libraries move quickly, much too quickly in most cases. If
>> you want to take advantage you have a difficult choice on what to support.
>> In Ed's case if he's got paying customers it's an easy decision but not one
>> he probably wants to make. The web UI we're developing right now will only
>> run on the evergreen browsers and Safari. It's bleeding edge but the UX is
>> outstanding mainly due to the library we're using.
>> 
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