Jim Allchin to Gates and Ballmer on the state of quality at Microsoft (2004)

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Austin_Conlon

2 days ago


4 comments

mikestew a day ago

“LH (Longhorn) is a pig.” Of historical note is that this was sent seven months before the Great Reset where a lot of the work on Longhorn got scrapped. The .NET and Windows teams never seemed to get along after that.

kwertyoowiyop 2 days ago

They should send that email again, to all their product managers and VPs.

54yy a day ago

Its almost painful to read this.

In particular the mentioning of his soul - the industry has really gone the furthest away it can be from being soulful.

seeknotfind a day ago

"I'm sorry". What do HN readers think about how this inclusion changes the meaning of the rest of the email?