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
decided entire few needed optimize
We needed a few more weeks. We decided to optimize it for the entire industry.
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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.
business consumer decided deliver greater industry lead optimize pcs requires separate time windows
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.
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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.
businesses consumer microsoft november operating postponed release system until versions
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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There are literally thousands of features in this product.
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.
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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.
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.