12/12: 2004 E-Mail by Jim Allchin: I'd Buy a Mac if I Didn't Work at Microsoft
Posted by Patrick
Groklaw mentioned something that come out of the Iowa antitrust litigation going on right now:
Jim Allchin wrote a blog post about it:
Don't see it as that big a deal, but I am sure some people will jump on it.
Via Todd Bishop.
We have excerpts from transcripts of Thursday's and Friday's sessions, including a 2004 email from Jim Allchin to Steve Balmer and Bill Gates in which he says Microsoft had lost sight of what customers need and that he himself would buy a Mac, if he didn't work for Microsoft.
Jim Allchin wrote a blog post about it:
This email is nearly 3 years old, and I was being purposefully dramatic in order to drive home a point. The point being that we needed to change and change quickly. We did: We changed dramatically the development process that was being used and we reset the Windows Vista development project in mid-2004, essentially starting over.
Don't see it as that big a deal, but I am sure some people will jump on it.
Via Todd Bishop.
