[That held true last week when the 15-year Microsoft veteran revealed he would retire at the end of next year.] If you want to make a difference, and you see something that can be improved, then don't talk--improve it, ... My dream is for a much more agile, quality-driven engineering organization with fewer roadblocks and more open highway to speed on. ... Now, let's ship, ship, ship! |
As far as I'm concerned, they were a complete competitor to the operating system. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
I am fine now, but I made a decision then to retire at the end of 2006. |
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. |
I would hope that we get credit for listening to partners and ensuring that we're thinking about their businesses, not just ours or some portion of their businesses. |
If you want to make a difference, and you see something that can be improved, then don't talk--improve it. My dream is for a much more agile, quality-driven engineering organization with fewer roadblocks and more open highway to speed on. ... Now, let's ship, ship, ship! |
in the blink of an eye. |
It?s not new work that we?re adding. It's simply ... [work in] continuing to make this the most safe and secure system that?s ever been. |
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. |
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. |
Our industry partners, as you probably know, during the December [selling] season, need quite a bit of time, and an extremely high level of confidence and certainty about that period of time. Now, we've been in discussions with them, and in order for all the industry to be ready, instead of just part of the industry, we've decided to prioritize around the customer and partner satisfaction for the broad availability, to be in January of 2007. This will ensure great out-of-the-box experience for Windows Vista customers, and ensure that all of our partners are prepared at the same time. |