allchin Resources on ZDNet

Did you mean Jim Allchin (49 results)

Sponsored White Papers, Webcasts, and Downloads

ZDNet Resources

Windows Vista (In)capable: What went wrong? I'll tell you what went wrong: Microsoft execs - starting with Steve Ballmer - don't care enough about their customers. Which is too bad for the thousands of smart, hard working 'softies who do. I went through the Vista Capable lawsuit Exhibit A emails....; Tags: Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., E-mail, News, Intel Corp., Development Team, Features, Allchin, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Robin Harris; Blog posts 2008-03-02

Additional Resources

Microsoft Office 2007 fails OOXML conformance test: Microsoft Office 2007 fails OOXML conformance testYes Microsoft said this months agoThey have not yet changed Office to keep up with spec changes negotiated during the ISO standardization process. They have long ago made announcements regarding this and their plans for bringing it into compliance.I can't decide which was more...; Tags: ISO standards, Process improvement, Microsoft Corp., Office Open XML, Microsoft Office, ISO, software, Microsoft Office 2007; Discussion threads 2008-04-21
Is Java Windows for Unix?: Is Java Windows for Unix?Amen brother!Java completely violates the Coupling/Cohesion rule of software quality. A "module" in Java consists of 5/6+ files containing interfaces, beans, functions, etc. This makes for low cohesion (BAD!). All of these files also need to be connected to each other plus those "frameworks". This introduces...; Tags: Programming languages, window, Unix, Java, Ada; Discussion threads 2008-04-07
If I Were to Design Windows 7: If I Were to Design Windows 7I license OS X from Apple and dump Vista...How could a company put so much money and so much time into an effort and come up with something so lame and mediocre? There’s only one company that really knows how to design operating systems,...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Aero, Design Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp.; Discussion threads 2008-04-07
Microsoft weekend roundup: The'no's' have it: As the week draws to a close, there are a few Microsoft-related "no's" worth noting -- beyond the no more extensions for Windows XP's preload cutoff date of June 30. Other no's I noticed: Microsoft decided no release of Power Pack 1 for Windows...; Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Media Center PCs, Operating Systems, Software, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-04-04

Microsoft tries to stop more 'Vista-capable' e-mails from going public: Microsoft is trying to put the kibosh on more of its internal and embarassing e-mail messages around its Vista marketing plans going public. As Seattle Post-Intelligencer reporter Todd Bishop blogged on March 7, Microsoft is appealing the decision to turn the "Vista-capable" lawsuit lodged last year into...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), E-mail, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Online Communications, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-03-09
Wintel+Vista+conspiracy+screws+customers%3A+Another+win+for+Apple: Wintel+Vista+conspiracy+screws+customers%3A+Another+win+for+AppleWhat's your vector Victor?Apple doesn't have a chance of moving into business class Windows/Linux territory unless they OEM OSX and open up their proprietary ways.Windows Server 2008 shares the same kernel as Vista SP1, but, interestingly 'retreats' from registry-based gui 'click next' configuration to a command-line interface 'Linux modular approach'...; Tags: Linux, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Operating systems, Wintel Vista, Wintel Vista conspiracy, Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc., liar, Wintel, crook, PC, Microsoft Windows Server 2008; Discussion threads 2008-02-29
Thoughts on Principled Technologies' Vista vs. XP reports: Thoughts on Principled Technologies' Vista vs. XP reportsIf Vista and XP are so close what is the uproar about?This confirms what I have experienced myself on a dual boot system - both OS are about the same, give or take. Yet so many out there claim Vista is a slow...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), MSFT, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP, Principled Technologies; Discussion threads 2008-02-29
"Vista Capable" logo - what went wrong?: "Vista Capable" logo - what went wrong?What went wrong was simple....... MS proved once again that they are a marketing company and not a technology company. Marketing takes precedence. It doesn't matter if the customer gets scr3wed because they're a monoply and the customer's only purpose is to fill the...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), No_Ax, marketing, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Vista Capable; Discussion threads 2008-02-28
Microsoft vs. the EC, round 236: Microsoft vs. the EC, round 236Missing point, JohnEspecially since this was all about documentation, you might have mentioned that forcing Microsoft to actually generate external documentation (instead of "the source [u]is[/u] the documentation") will also benefit the Company, however much it grated on the egos involved.Price charged for IP.For clarity,...; Tags: Public relations, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Corp.; Discussion threads 2008-02-27
Microsoft employee caught out by Windows Vista Capable logo: Think that Microsoft's "Windows Vista Capable" logo was too confusing?Â You're not alone.Â It seems that the program also caught out at least one Microsoft employee. Note: For background on the logo programs see this post.Â Far background to the case see this post.Â For thoughts I had at...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, E-mail, Operating Systems, Software, Online Communications, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Blog posts 2008-02-12
Windows 7 = Vista Release 2: All the kerfuffle over Windows 7 - leaked memos, shaky handheld video clips of leaked builds, equally shaky tentative release schedules - is amusing. I don't have any inside information to offer, only a perspective drawn from 17 years of watching the Windows development process in action. ...; Tags: Release, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Ed Bott; Blog posts 2008-01-29
Veteran Windows architect resigns from Microsoft: On the heels of a week of news of a number of Microsoft executive departures and reshufflings, another has come to light. Rob Short, Corporate Vice President for Windows Core, has resigned from the company. While Short's departure won't make anywhere near the headlines that Microsoft President...; Tags: Team, I/O, Microsoft Corp., Core Operating System Division, Microsoft Windows, Team Management, Operating Systems, Software, Management, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-01-14
Microsoft plans two security bulletins; one critical impacting Vista: Microsoft plans two security bulletins; one critical impacting VistaBut what about the most needed patch of all?You know, the one that turns Vista back into XP? We need that one bad!Glad I'm Not Using VistaWon't affect me!Why is that "interesting"?Server 2003's vulnerabilities are quite often given a lower severity...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Server 2003, Microsoft Windows Vista, critical impacting Vista, impacting Vista, Microsoft Plans, security bulletin, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Corp., security, vulnerability; Discussion threads 2008-01-03
Reading Windows tea leaves: Though not exactly lighting up the blogosphere, speculations about future directions in the Windows platform have been rife. This article at APC compiled the various rumors together about Windows 7 (the successor to Vista...whatever name it ends up having) into a neat package, and this article on Ars Technica spoke...; Tags: Desktop, Microsoft Corp., MinWin, UI, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, John Carroll; Blog posts 2007-12-19
One year later, Vista really is more secure: Windows Vista was released to manufacturing a year ago next week, and landed on retail shelves exactly nine months ago today. To mark the occasion, I dragged a system out of mothballs and installed the original RTM version of Vista Ultimate on it. (Well, OK, I also needed a test...; Tags: Security, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Ed Bott; Blog posts 2007-10-31
More facts and less hysteria on Vista, please!: In the latest round of hysteria to be written about Windows Vista, Don Reisinger regurgitates the usual hysteria about Windows Vista mixed in with aÂ pinch of facts here and there.Â Don spouts off the usual nonsense about sales, UAC, and even DRM.Â Despite the fact that bashing Vista is quite...; Tags: Microsoft Windows XP, Driver, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Mac OS X, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista SP1, Don Reisinger, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software, George Ou; Blog posts 2007-09-28
Kernel hacking, politics, and computer hardware: Kernel hacking, politics, and computer hardwareA discussion of computer hardware...... that doesn't mention Intel? There's a reason it's called "wintel".I'll assert that Microsoft is responding to what the computer hardware will be making available. If the hardware were functioning differently, the software would also be different.And I trust...; Tags: Con Kolivas, computer hardware, Microsoft Corp., computer; Discussion threads 2007-07-27
Microsoft's worst run project: Windows 2000: Microsoft's worst run project: Windows 2000Project vs. ProductPerhaps the project was poorly managed, but the result was a product that a *lot* of people still swear by. And really, Win2k still has 100% of the functionality many businesses (and some home users, even) need.Ah the good OLE days...My rep...; Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows NT, Now IT, Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., run project, Microsoft Windows Vista; Discussion threads 2007-07-03
Why is Vista lame?: Why is Vista lame?What should Vista be?I think that people forget that a new version of Windows is a major undertaking that involves the coordination of probably hundreds of thousands of people, most outside of Microsoft. All the third parties that develop for the Windows platform have to develop...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), operating system, Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0, Microsoft Windows Vista; Discussion threads 2007-04-19