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
assurance count customers date decided given high impact might mistakes precise
Given that the customers have wanted us to be very precise and any mistakes in that might impact their business, we decided to come out with a very high assurance date for them that they can count on.
decision fine retire
I am fine now, but I made a decision then to retire at the end of 2006.
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.
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.
plenty require
there's plenty in there that doesn't require new hardware.
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.
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.
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.
according dictate feeling problems quality ready sit slip top windows
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.
bothering happening might noticing people
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.
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.
bars gone quality setting stringent
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.
features literally thousands
There are literally thousands of features in this product.
technology icons way
I am a hard-core believer that the clean desktop is the way to go... At the same time, we told OEMs that if they were going to put a bunch of icons on the desktop, then so were we.