The Old New Thing

November 6, 2006 - The Old New Thing

Tonya and Nancy: The Opera

November 6, 2006 Nov 6, 2006 11/6/06
Raymond Chen
No, really, it's not a joke. There really is an opera written about Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan. And Only a Game is there. The work was composed as a master's thesis at Tufts University by Abigail Al-Doory and, as is the nature of said productions, it was performed exactly twice and then packed away. Abigail Al-Doory: We've got our ...

On the importance of backwards compatibility for large corporations

November 6, 2006 Nov 6, 2006 11/6/06
Raymond Chen
Representatives from the IT department of a major worldwide corporation came to Redmond and took time out of their busy schedule to give a talk on how their operations are set up. I was phenomenally impressed. These people know their stuff. Definitely a world-class operation. One of the tidbits of information they shared with us is some ...