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- sigmaman2, on 10/12/2007, -0/+28Kudos to Allchin for being honest, and expressing himself.
Kudos to Apple, for creating a line of products that garner praise even from their competitors
And...
Kudos to Microsoft for building a corporate atmosphere where this kind of open, frank, honest self-exploration is allowed to be voiced. - MikeTRose, on 10/12/2007, -2/+26Oh, it's so much worse than we thought... he didn't just hate Longhorn, he hated the Microsoft Way!
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+24Longhorn
- FreddieD, on 10/12/2007, -0/+16Apparently, you shouldn't send email to Eric Rudder that you don't want forwarded around.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+17I agree with him.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+18I love it.
Longhorn is a pig. Nice, even MS execs know this. - Philoushka, on 10/12/2007, -4/+18Not a farewell. It was from 2004, and lit a fire under Microsoft's ass. Thus, they scrapped lots from Longhorn. The result is Vista in its current form.
- JeremyBanks, on 10/12/2007, -0/+14http://a772.g.akamai.net/5/772/51/c41c2cb1737f38/1a1a1aaa2198c627970773d80669d84574a8d80d3cb12453c02589f25382e353c32f94c32c980167cc2b5d8dbdf1/iLife04_480.mov
Here's the large. - soupy1406, on 10/12/2007, -0/+13I would like to see the video Jim refers to in the document
- JernejL, on 10/12/2007, -2/+13sorry to ask.. but what guarantees that this is not FAKE?
- ogmandino, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11why did people digg RobM's question down? Then the same people digg up the answer. It was a valid question.
- NetCaptive, on 02/18/2009, -10/+20I wonder what "LH" is that referenced near the end.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -5/+15This is why Vista looks and acts so much like OS X, and why the Zune is a copy of the iPod/iTunes ecosystem.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9Alchin the successor to gates??
Have you been smoking something containing nail varnish?
Alchin has repeatedly stated that he will leave after vista ships!! - mrASSMAN, on 10/12/2007, -3/+11Haha, good point. I guess Allchin's message had a big impact.
- kevxross, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9I feel stupider having read that. Were you attempting to make a point with all that?
- soxos, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8In case you don't know, this isn't text from some random Microsoftie. This email is (allegedly) from Jim Allchin, the successor to Bill Gates. I've thought Allchin was too outspoken to get to hold the reins, but it looks like he will start taking over in the coming years. However, I think he's blinded to the fact that Microsoft has bloated itself. There is too much bureaucracy inside MS that needs to be eradicated if they hope to compete with the smaller competitors. Inertia will prevent MS from changing its course any time soon.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6It wasn't leaked. It was submitted as evidence in a trial: Comes v. Microsoft.
http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20070104031852847 - bias, on 10/12/2007, -3/+9Microsoft is a Software company, Apple is a Software/Hardware company.
This guy said he would buy a Mac and then run VPC on a MAC to use Windows Applications. I don't think Microsoft loses their way either, it just like people buying PCs from HP or Dell or Apple. - DickBreath, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7See below where I included quotes from what Jim Allchin said, but Digg screwed it up.
First one...
....but the key issue here is that Microsoft appears to be admitting in sworn testimony that Windows itself is inherently insecure and cannot be fixed.....
Second one...
A senior Microsoft Corp. executive told a federal court last week that sharing information with competitors could damage national security and even threaten the U.S. war effort in Afghanistan. He later acknowledged that some Microsoft code was so flawed it could not be safely disclosed.
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Certainly, the fact that Windows has had and is likely to continue to have gaping security holes comes as no surprise to anyone, but the key issue here is that Microsoft appears to be admitting in sworn testimony that Windows itself is inherently insecure and cannot be fixed. - firemillen2, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7This is a good lesson on why you should never use email to discuss confidential material/opinions. It's funny to see "don't forward" text on the top of the email and then have it leaked to the entire world.
imagine this moron walking around the redmond campus.
"Hey Jim, So I heard you're a big Apple fan."
"Well, I was just ranting."
"Well thanks for keeping moral high on the team, *****." - JeremyBanks, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Wow. That video is actually pretty neat.
- dmsteg, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Tomi... dude... a little harsh don't you think?
Most users of Digg don't come for the acronym lessons, we come for tech stories and some sense of community.
Your comment my friend defeats the latter of the two. - mrASSMAN, on 10/12/2007, -3/+7He was saying that Longhorn is inefficient and hogs system resources.
- KyotoWolf, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Ambicar has bad vibes
- spiderland, on 10/12/2007, -3/+7.... Plus original article and transcribed text here:
http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/microsoft/archives/110354.asp - PathDaemon, on 10/12/2007, -5/+9> Microsoft is a Software company, Apple is a Software/Hardware company.
And the link references a piece of software. Your point? - Darph.Bobo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4 by VeganG 3 hours ago
- 1 digg
The best computer in the world is the one that you can build yourself to suit your personal needs, not what a company thinks you need and decides to charge.
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After you get that best computer in the world built, be sure to let us know when you release your first OS. I'm sure it'll be far superior to OS X.
Until then I'll keep using the the best computer in the world, not what some moron thinks he can do better. - MediaShipper, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6morale
- shm1, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4@ambicar
AAPL is at an alltime high *after* the iphone announcement. Why don't you cash out if you're not convinced in AAPL and Jobs? - neokyotodragon, on 10/12/2007, -8/+11direct link: http://www.iowaconsumercase.org/010807/PLEX_7264.pdf
- ozziek, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3What so you can't live Mac and Microsoft? What is this fanboy ***** of people having to align themselves with one or the other? I use Windows and MS apps at work but have a Mac at home. I use a Macbook Pro with Parallels to get the best of both worlds - Mac hardware with Mac OSX for surfing and iTunes and Graphics and Movies and Windows XP for running Outlook etc.
We can't have both? - mrASSMAN, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Well.. to be fair it seemed like he was saying that he didn't believe their current route was the "Microsoft way". I think he wanted to redefine what it meant to produce a MS product. It sounds like they were getting lazy.
- thekronz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Maybe someday people will argue this much over one of my emails.
*sigh* - DickBreath, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4I suppose, one more reply to my own post.
Jim Allchin, this is the guy who is in charge of Vista development.
If Windows source code it not only cannot be opened, but even "sharing information with competitors could damage national security and even threaten the U.S. war effort in Afghanistan."
Maybe he didn't want to open the source because it infringes the rights of someone else's Eye Pee (intellectual property).
Contrast with open source, where the openness enhances the security. - DickBreath, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4That Microsoft Exec was Jim Allchin. Everyone keeps focusing on the Mac remark he made. Everyone forgets about what he testified, under oath during the US vs. Microsoft antitrust trial.
(here's hoping digg doesn't screw up links...)
http://www.ttgnet.com/daynotes/2002/2002-21.html
or tiny url: y98szk
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http://www.krombie.net/news/2002/05/21/1663.php
or tiny url: y2omap
> - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4He was helping me find out if I'll still be able to edit this comment if I block him before my edit timer is up...
- Darph.Bobo, on 10/12/2007, -3/+5You know Gates has got to own a Mac anyhow.
If not, it would be laughable irony that the richest man in the world can't own the best computer in the world. - theundone, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2dugg down and blocked and I hope everyone else does the same.
- QurrUm, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4Dugg you down AND blocked you, zaine. Take that!
- KAMiKAZOW, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2For some reason I just see a "Get QuickTime 5" picture in FUZZY's and Jeremy's links. So if you get the same, try http://a772.g.akamai.net/5/772/51/c41c2cb1737f38/1a1a1aaa2198c627970773d80669d84574a8d80d3cb12453c02589f25382e353c32f94c32c980167cc2b5d8dbdf1/iLife04_m480.mov - that one works for me.
- pero69, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2@Ambicar
"Wrong - it has a BIG impact on my life. I am an Apple Shareholder. The Backdating, resultant firings that have already occured and will occur and the SEC investigation will quite likely have a negative impact on my investment."
I say the stock prices that have tripled in 2 years is a pretty good impact...
"Heck Apple spent time and money creating a product that was designed specifically to allow Windows to Boot on a Mac."
Did they? Or did they just repackage the hacked version that had cropped up online a few days before Apple came out with it? :) - ElectricSoup, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2"... the operating system he [Bill Gates] designed ..."
ROTFL. Sure he did. - pero69, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2or he already HAD purchased one, but was still interested in his job at the moment. hehe :)
- trylleklovn, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3At least they apparently know this now.
I hope that they open their eyes and realizes that you can't win the market just by forcing people to continue using their software.
Although Apple isn't really a threat to all the current Computer owners (besides the cases where people go completely anti MS in frustration), GNU/Linux gains more market share. Either way Microsoft needs to spend more money on research teams rather than "just" software developers.. We (Consumers) don't want apologies and weird explanations, we just want a product that works, and works well. The consumer should be the most important part! - tHePeOPle, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3dugg down and blocked and I hope everyone else does the same, plus I crapped on my monitor, which, in retrospect, was probably a bit much, but ***** you anyway zaine.
- deadbaby, on 10/12/2007, -3/+5Somehow I thought the added context would get him off the hook here but it actually makes it even worse. The "LH is a pig" quote is especially good. I use Vista RTM on my HTPC and even with 1GB ram, dual core 2.4ghz, it's slow. On top of that UAC makes my life a freaking nightmare. EVERYTHING takes half a dozen clicks now. I'm too worried about security problems to disable it though.
- BakedGoods, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2@vegan
Specific hardware is irrelevant to my personal needs, therefore a computer I can build myself isn't the best computer in the world now is it? -
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