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
based bring building create customers developers devices embedded enable faster innovative market platform processes range reliable solutions wide windows
Developers building embedded devices now have an open, reliable platform from which they can create innovative new solutions and bring them to market faster than ever. These solutions based on Windows NT Embedded 4.0 will enable customers to streamline and automate processes through the use of a wide range of new intelligent devices.
thinking marketing sells
We're obviously going to spend a lot in marketing because we think the product sells itself.
plenty require
there's plenty in there that doesn't require new hardware.
along aspects backwards continue driving factor means order people release safety secure security system
We are going to continue working on all the aspects that we think are quality: That means backwards compatibility, performance--security is a big thing. As you know, safety and security have been a driving factor in this release all along ... We know what we need to do in order to make this system one that people are going to be able to feel safe and secure with when they get it.
coming
This is something we will be much more hard-core about in the coming years than we have been in the past.
features planned quarter
This CTP that we are doing in this quarter will have all the features that we had planned to put in the product.
boats built logistics systems takes time
This is a blockbuster release. It takes a lot of time to do the appropriate qualifications, and also some of the manufacturers have their systems built off-shore. Those come by things like boats . So there's logistics that has to take place here.
competitor complete far operating
As far as I'm concerned, they were a complete competitor to the operating system.
side watch
That's why Sidebar is something important. You will be able to put it to the side and just watch it on the periphery, and the widescreen allows this.
came date focused frame good lock nice quality time
Quality was the No. 1 thing that we focused on here, and we feel good enough to lock that date in. It would have been nice to make the back-to-school time frame for pre-loading, but quality came first.
closer discuss needs perhaps quality team
Perhaps after we get closer to shipment we can discuss the dashboard and quality metrics we have. Right now, the team needs to completely focus.
bubble call compromise decided entire few needed optimize others partners priority product quality weeks
Product quality was the first priority on the first day of Vista (development) and we won't compromise on that. We needed just a few more weeks and that put us in what we would call a bubble where some partners would be impacted more than others and we decided to optimize it for the entire industry.
business consumer decided deliver drivers experience great greater industry key lead optimize pcs product quality requires separate time track windows
Product quality and a great out-of-box experience have been two of our key drivers for Windows Vista, and we are on track to deliver on both. But the industry requires greater lead time to deliver Windows Vista on new PCs during holiday. We must optimize for the industry, so we've decided to separate business and consumer availability.
decision fine retire
I am fine now, but I made a decision then to retire at the end of 2006.