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Feb 25, 2008
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The United Kingdom of Great Britain, Northern Ireland, and France?

Raymond Chen

Recently-unearthed documents reveal that back in the 1950's, France proposed merging with United Kingdom into a single country or at least joining the Commonwealth. Apparently, Churchill proposed a similar alliance in the 1940. It too was rejected. (Other coverage. There's a secret joke in that article: Check out the URL.) Apparently, the propo...

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Feb 25, 2008
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When somebody gives you a gift of code, it's more often than not a burden in disguise

Raymond Chen

Why doesn't Microsoft bundle third-party programs? Yes, it has been done in the past, but the results were hardly a slam dunk success. Who ports the software to 64-bit Windows? (Answer: Me, personally. I spent a good chunk of the year 2000 porting millions of lines of code to 64-bit Windows. Just for fun, I did a on a couple of the "gifts" th...

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