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  • T tumbledDown2earth

    a month back a director asked me to be as backward compatible as windoes95 ... My prompt quest was why leave DOS and win3.1 .. After this[^] I wonder whom are we trying to impress

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    Joe Woodbury
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    Last someone asked me to that (though it was to be backward compatible to Win98) I pointed out that anyone too cheap too upgrade from 98 would be too cheap to buy our upgrade. I was right.

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    • E Emmanuel Medina

      Hey, whatever floats his boat

      If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right - Henry Ford Emmanuel Medina Lopez

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      Colin Mullikin
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      I don't know how he hasn't hit an iceberg yet...

      The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative. -Winston Churchill America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. -Oscar Wilde Wow, even the French showed a little more spine than that before they got their sh*t pushed in.[^] -Colin Mullikin

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      • T TheGreatAndPowerfulOz

        Why not? if it works for him. I know people who who are still driving their 1950's Ford truck. And they're happy with it. It works for them. Kinda crazy notion, huh? Yeah, yeah, I know.

        If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
        You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
        Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein

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        Chris Maunder
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        F150's don't have rendering problems

        cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP

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        • T tumbledDown2earth

          Popularity of browsers[^] Popularity of IE versions[^]

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          Chris Maunder
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          A link from 4 years ago? That's like 28 dog years, or 5,689 internet years. Does that article also mention the top 10 gopher apps?

          cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP

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          • C Chris Maunder

            F150's don't have rendering problems

            cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP

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            TheGreatAndPowerfulOz
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            LOL. Maybe not, but they can't haul a modern fifth wheeler either.

            If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
            You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
            Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein

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            • V Vasudevan Deepak Kumar

              decimal

              http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/364x0z75(v=vs.71).aspx[^]

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              H Brydon
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              I wasn't aware of that - thanks for the enlightenment. ... but C# is a manufacturer's language and suffers the same affliction of PL/1. COBOL is portable and native code and still wins the decimal battle, which is far more than a niche.

              -- Harvey

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              • V Vasudevan Deepak Kumar

                http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_web_browsers[^]

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                H Brydon
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                Okay, a better link although it doesn't mention IE6.

                -- Harvey

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                • J Joe Woodbury

                  Last someone asked me to that (though it was to be backward compatible to Win98) I pointed out that anyone too cheap too upgrade from 98 would be too cheap to buy our upgrade. I was right.

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                  tumbledDown2earth
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                  The problem with Managers I tell you ... so faaar from the all the action, and still thinking whatever 'he' knows could save the world some day

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                  • H H Brydon

                    I wasn't aware of that - thanks for the enlightenment. ... but C# is a manufacturer's language and suffers the same affliction of PL/1. COBOL is portable and native code and still wins the decimal battle, which is far more than a niche.

                    -- Harvey

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                    PIEBALDconsult
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                    H.Brydon wrote:

                    COBOL is portable

                    Every high level language is portable. Just many never get ported.

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                    • V Vasudevan Deepak Kumar

                      Check out this thread http://www.codeproject.com/Messages/4543498/Cannot-do-Preview.aspx[^] The poster has mentioned "

                      I am still using IE6 and I am happy with it

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                      Johnny J
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                      Will you STOP using the joke icon for stuff that aren't jokes. And also STOP posting crap links! X|

                      Why can't I be applicable like John? - Me, April 2011
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                      • M Marco Bertschi

                        Do not bully people just because IE 7 is not available for Windows 98.

                        cheers Marco Bertschi


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                        Simon Lee Shugar
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                        Was reformatting my laptop the other day, looking at the discs I had I smiled and was even tempted when I picked up a version of Windows 98..

                        Simon Lee Shugar (Software Developer) www.simonshugar.co.uk "You can be a king or a street sweeper, but everybody dances with the grim reaper" - Robert Alton Harris

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                        • V Vasudevan Deepak Kumar

                          Check out this thread http://www.codeproject.com/Messages/4543498/Cannot-do-Preview.aspx[^] The poster has mentioned "

                          I am still using IE6 and I am happy with it

                          "

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                          ii_noname_ii
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                          I still test my apps on IE6... Corporate apps.. Some people still have a fossil of a computer that belongs in a museum, with a 14" screen, a muddy keyboard with missing keys and oil stains... Sitting in a storage area, using software form 1990, and filling my forms daily, double clicking hyperlinks, 800x600, you get the picture... Still got some of those... In fact, if you take his computer away, and give him a new one with win 7 or 8, he'll complain. Typically, those people end up crashing and burning on newer systems, and you'll hear "My old (unpatched) win 2000 didn't crash like this." It doesn't have to be perfect on IE6, but it has to work.

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                          • V Vasudevan Deepak Kumar

                            Check out this thread http://www.codeproject.com/Messages/4543498/Cannot-do-Preview.aspx[^] The poster has mentioned "

                            I am still using IE6 and I am happy with it

                            "

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                            The woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep!

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                            bwallan
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                            Whatever turns your crank; however, don't expect us to support you when you run into problems! Our web development group will no longer answer questions regarding IE6 problems except with a note to update to a more recent browser such as Opera or Chrome. In a way we've never really supported IE...

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                            • V Vasudevan Deepak Kumar

                              Check out this thread http://www.codeproject.com/Messages/4543498/Cannot-do-Preview.aspx[^] The poster has mentioned "

                              I am still using IE6 and I am happy with it

                              "

                              Vasudevan Deepak Kumar Personal Homepage
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                              The woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep!

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                              RafagaX
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                              Old habits never die...

                              CEO at: - Rafaga Systems - Para Facturas - Modern Components for the moment...

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                              • H H Brydon

                                COBOL is still active and popular because it supports decimal arithmetic natively (ie. without having to write classes or depend on libraries). Most commercial activities are plain old "read input, massage numbers, spit out result" instead of making lists or calculating a scientific result (which is more interesting to OOP and recent paradigms). Just about every day a new language is invented by somebody, but none of them address decimal arithmetic... which is why COBOL will live on for a long time. The only languages that I know of that currently support decimal arithmetic are assembler (pick your machine), PL/1 and COBOL. I think COBOL wins this one...

                                -- Harvey

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                                FernandoUY
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                                Totally agree with you H. In fact, I was trying to defend that position. Lots of big companies still runs BATs to run processes. I'm not surprised that lot of people still use IE6. Sometimes I feel pretty stupid when somebody asks why I'm still using VS 2008 and not 2012. I don't know, I feel confortable with 2008 and had no need to change to 2012. Besides, IE6 is faster than 9 or 10. Best regards, Fernando

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                                • R Rutvik Dave

                                  I would say 'You are holding the web back' to him, but then Chris says don't be rude if you do not know the solution for a problem. :-D

                                  Remind Me This - Manage, Collaborate and Execute your Project in the Cloud

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                                  ENOTTY
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                                  "No man, no problem."

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                                  • V Vasudevan Deepak Kumar

                                    Marco Bertschi wrote:

                                    IE 7 is not available for Windows 98.

                                    It looks like IE 7 can be made to sit on Windows 98 machine through third party open source tools: http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6618_102-5001456.html[^]

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                                    Vasudevan Deepak Kumar wrote:

                                    It looks like IE 7 can be made to sit on Windows 98 machine through third party open source tools:

                                    So you rescue them from a well but push'em into a pit again?

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