Allchin then gave a memorable goodbye speech, using words such as "naive", "hugely painful" and "humbled" because once Vista ships, he's being replaced by Steve Sinofsky, the current head of Microsoft Office.Having taken Microsoft from zero market share to a market-leading position in the server operating system market, Allchin has earned his crust. But, as he admitted, "I was naive about how big a deal the attacks [on Windows XP] were going to be".
Being handed a PC that was so infested with malware, even he could not clean it up, was "a humbling experience", he confessed.
This from the man who has been in charge of Windows at Microsoft... says so much about Windows.
Which means that some day I can design web pages wider than 760 pixels.
Translation: "Vista is great but since it's late, it's no good." The anti-Microsoft people always find something to whine about.