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by heyjudy 2727 days ago
Is the app used in third-world countries? IE6 is insecure and only used on very old computers that can't install anything else.

I'd check that the requirement is valid before doing a bunch of work.
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embeddeddev123 2727 days ago
This setup is still the defacto standard in a lot of Factories in all developed countries, you will also see quite a lot of PCs still running Windows NT. If you have a production line the life expectancy is more than 20years with no need to upgrade anything including the hardware most of the assembly lines are controlled with really old hardware usually the hardware... The usual browser statistics do not reflect the corporate world they are some years behind... Fun fact one of the biggest Ie11 users is Japan, a rather developed country
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Azeralthefallen 2727 days ago
The company isn't in a third world country they are basically reliant on an extremely specialized piece of software/hardware that doesn't work on anything more modern.

Unfortunately this is basically what i am dealt with and i don't have any real options of changing the environment.

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