Moves give glimpse of Allchin, Ozzie futures
InfoWorld | at | by Mike
Allchin's decision to call it quits at the end of the year after the next client version of the Windows operating system ships solidifies Windows Vista as the legacy for his work at Microsoft, analysts said.
This explains why the software executive has poured his heart and soul into making Windows Vista a significant improvement over the current client version of Windows, Windows XP.
Michael Gartenberg, vice president and research director, Jupiter Research, agreed that Windows is "an impressive legacy to leave behind for the man who spent the last 16 years or so architecting this vision." Allchin joined Microsoft in 1990 and is credited with creating the contemporary Windows OS that has become ubiquitous on PCs.