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
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.
blow holiday
We're going to blow out the holiday season.
everybody fact industry ready
The fact is that we wanted everybody in the industry to be ready for this.
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Our business partners in the Christmas selling season need time, and confidence, for that season. We have decided to come out with a sure date they can rely on.
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I would hope that we get credit for listening to partners and ensuring that we're thinking about their businesses, not just ours or some portion of their businesses.
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Microsoft will release some versions of the new operating system for big businesses in November as planned, but the consumer version will be postponed until January.
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You can have nice--some people might say interruptions, or things that are bothering you. On the other hand, it's a way to keep noticing what's happening in your business.
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Where we sit today, things are going according to plan, and we're feeling very good. But I always like to preface that as I did with Windows 2000, Windows XP: quality is the thing that will dictate if we're ready to go. So if we have any problems in quality, I'll slip this product. It's the thing that is at the top of my mind.
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We could have just gone ahead, but I didn't think it was the right thing to do. We're setting stringent quality bars on what we do.
We can and must turn this around. If you're going to kill someone just pull the trigger.
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.
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We are pushing ahead as fast as we can for all audiences, whether for the business user, the child, or the digital music enthusiast.
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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.
few needed partners
We needed just a few more weeks, and that put us in a bubble...where some partners would be impacted more than others.