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actually, it kinda is. FreeDOS has added a lot of nice features over the last few years. http://www.freedos.org/

Wonder if one could get a modern browser going on FreeDOS somehow...

The Arachne browser was last updated in 2013, and its code is freely available - it might make a good starting point: http://www.glennmcc.org/

At this point in time i suspect it would be easier to port webkit over in some form...