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Jim Allchin to Gates and Ballmer on the state of quality at Microsoft (2004)

• kwertyoowiyop 6mo ago
  They should send that email again, to all their product managers and VPs.
• seeknotfind 6mo ago
  "I'm sorry". What do HN readers think about how this inclusion changes the meaning of the rest of the email?
• mikestew 6mo 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.
• 54yy 6mo ago
  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.