Jim Allchin to Gates and Ballmer on the state of quality at Microsoft (2004)
15 points
1/21/1970
2 days ago
by Austin_Conlon
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mikestew
2 days ago
kwertyoowiyop
They should send that email again, to all their product managers and VPs.
2 days ago
54yy
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.
2 days ago
seeknotfind
"I'm sorry". What do HN readers think about how this inclusion changes the meaning of the rest of the email?
2 days 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.