Comments on: Allchin legacy seen in Windows

The "most senior geek" after Gates got the OS onto almost every desktop, but he also influenced the decision that prompted the landmark antitrust case.

Allchin legacy seen in Windows

Another part of Allchin's legacy is his outrageous performance before Judge Jackson during the anti-trust trial where he presented video taped 'evidence' purporting to show the degradation of Windows without IE. It still amazes me that a person could knowingly present blatantly falsified testimony before a federal judge and not go to prison. Allchin should thank his lucky stars that he didn't end up doing time in a federal prison.

Allchin legacy seen in Windows

Another part of Allchin's legacy is his outrageous performance before Judge Jackson during the anti-trust trial where he presented video taped 'evidence' purporting to show the degradation of Windows without IE. It still amazes me that a person could knowingly present blatantly falsified testimony before a federal judge and not go to prison. Allchin should thank his lucky stars that he didn't end up doing time in a federal prison.

I always wondered who to thank for IE 4.0 borking Windows 95A B

It was about 1997 that the email from Jim Allchin showed up on
Bill Gates desk, and thereabout IE 4.0 was rendering upgrades to
Windows 95A & B poorly or worse, most were reformatted. It was
the beginning of the second forced upgrade to windows 98, as it
had IE 4.0 in the shell natively.

Jims help in the decision to cut off other OS support in IE, and to
further sink the browser into the Windows OS is the lagacy
(lagacy-thats a new word) of Jim Allchin.

So now you know who else to thank for the brilliant idea of
mashing the browser into the OS, clogging the internet arteries
with bots, and further serving ads and traffic we dont need.


it would have been nice for someone to get the early bright idea,
that....Gee, we are hooking up to the whole unknown world, I bet
we ought to check it out carefully?

Nope, now they have opened pandoras box, they musta said
shoot first ask questions later.........

Humm,?! Sounds better than Vista, Windows Pandora.

Thanks

Jim

I always wondered who to thank for IE 4.0 borking Windows 95A B

It was about 1997 that the email from Jim Allchin showed up on
Bill Gates desk, and thereabout IE 4.0 was rendering upgrades to
Windows 95A & B poorly or worse, most were reformatted. It was
the beginning of the second forced upgrade to windows 98, as it
had IE 4.0 in the shell natively.

Jims help in the decision to cut off other OS support in IE, and to
further sink the browser into the Windows OS is the lagacy
(lagacy-thats a new word) of Jim Allchin.

So now you know who else to thank for the brilliant idea of
mashing the browser into the OS, clogging the internet arteries
with bots, and further serving ads and traffic we dont need.


it would have been nice for someone to get the early bright idea,
that....Gee, we are hooking up to the whole unknown world, I bet
we ought to check it out carefully?

Nope, now they have opened pandoras box, they musta said
shoot first ask questions later.........

Humm,?! Sounds better than Vista, Windows Pandora.

Thanks

Jim

[Earl Benser]

Too bad that MS didn't see the disaster coming...

... It seems that Allchin's impact on MS is just beginning to
surface. Perhaps he was the short sighted flake who used
Windows as a marketing tool instead of an OS. Whatever, he was
on duty when MS dug itself into the OS hole it now commands.
Firing Allchin (façade = retirement) won't solve the problems,
they are here to stay until MS does a total rewrite of their OS to
eliminate the Windows 'heritage'. It's very long overdue; the band
aide thickness is becoming far too noticeable. And it would be
refreshing to see MS do something original.

In the meantime, XP is as far as I go. Vista will be ignored. And
when XP no longer can carry the load, any upgrade will be to a
non-MS product.

[Earl Benser]

Too bad that MS didn't see the disaster coming...

... It seems that Allchin's impact on MS is just beginning to
surface. Perhaps he was the short sighted flake who used
Windows as a marketing tool instead of an OS. Whatever, he was
on duty when MS dug itself into the OS hole it now commands.
Firing Allchin (façade = retirement) won't solve the problems,
they are here to stay until MS does a total rewrite of their OS to
eliminate the Windows 'heritage'. It's very long overdue; the band
aide thickness is becoming far too noticeable. And it would be
refreshing to see MS do something original.

In the meantime, XP is as far as I go. Vista will be ignored. And
when XP no longer can carry the load, any upgrade will be to a
non-MS product.