Fair points there. Unfortunately most products built in the early 1990s-mid 2000s suffer from poor architecture. The growth of companies and the technology shi

Fair points there. Unfortunately most products built in the early 1990s-mid 2000s suffer from poor architecture. The growth of companies and the technology shift were impossible to anticipate. This is the unfortunate reality of all of those <IE7 dependencies you see. Also there was no foundational research done into how to build these things -- people were pissing in the dark with immature tech and knowledge. This is no longer true fortunately. Unfortunately for the average corporate, the cost/benefit ratio only becomes an issue when the vendor pulls the rug out from underneath you. In this case when IE7 is EOL in 2017. We're destined to follow the trailing edge because that is exactly where the best cost/benefit ratio lives. Do nothing is cheapest.