Jim Allchin
Jim Allchin
James "Jim" Edward Allchinis an American blues rock guitarist/singer, philanthropist, and a former Microsoft executive...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
CountryUnited States of America
conclusion integrated leverage understand windows
I don't understand how IE 4.0 is going to win. My conclusion is we must leverage Windows more. We should first think of an integrated solution.
decision fine retire
I am fine now, but I made a decision then to retire at the end of 2006.
diving factor order people release safety secure security system
Security is a big thing. Safety and security has been a diving factor in this release all along. We know what we need to do to in order to make this system one that people are going to be able to feel safe and secure when they get it.
features literally thousands
There are literally thousands of features in this product.
allow begin businesses efforts final prior testing
This will allow businesses to begin their final testing and deployment efforts prior to the end of the year.
came crank few higher level security trying
We're trying to crank up the security level higher than ever. This came down to a few weeks. We're trying to do the responsible thing here.
everybody fact industry ready
The fact is that we wanted everybody in the industry to be ready for this.
concerns few forthright late responsive terms trying weeks
We're just trying to be responsive to their concerns and also be forthright about where we are in terms of being a few weeks late for quality.
decided entire few needed optimize
We needed a few more weeks. We decided to optimize it for the entire industry.
blow holiday
We're going to blow out the holiday season.
broad delay gets good team trouble
We still feel very good we can get it to broad availability this year. If the team gets in trouble about quality, I will delay this product.
asked change pc plan reason terms trying
To be clear, the reason why we're doing this is because they asked us to do this. To be clear, some would like for us to continue, and some wouldn't. So what we're trying to do is think about the whole industry, and we don't see any plan in change in terms of PC forecast.
ahead business digital fast music pushing whether
We are pushing ahead as fast as we can for all audiences, whether for the business user, the child, or the digital music enthusiast.
assurance complete count customers date decided given high impact might mistakes precise track
We are on track to complete Vista this year. Given that customers have wanted us to be very precise and any mistakes made might impact the business, we have decided to come out with a high assurance date everyone can count on.