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Re:Internet Explorer 11 (IE11) to be retired on June 15, 2022 by 908B64B197 on Wednesday May 19, 2021 @04:37PM (#27214155)
I would worry about long term availability.

For that type of project, it might be worth it to write a detailed spec for how the back-end talks to the front-end so in the future it's possible to write a more modern client.

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Re:Internet Explorer 11 (IE11) to be retired on June 15, 2022 by lbriner on Thursday May 20, 2021 @05:20AM (#27219084)
I'm not sure you appreciate how much work it is to both "write a detailed spec" and then also to "write a more modern client".

All of that on top of a system which has likely changed in the intermediate years. Basically, you might as well milk the existing system for as long as possible and then replace it with a completely new system that probably runs on newer hardware (1990s instead of 1980s), is much more maintainable and does things in a more modern way.

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