Prepping XP for the home stretch

C|Net | at | by Mike

CNET News.com caught up with Sullivan after his latest road trip to get an update on the progress of the operating system and on the interesting times he finds himself living in.

The lead product manager for Microsoft's Windows division recently celebrated his 11th anniversary at the company. But with the demands of the XP project consuming more and more of his time, the 36-year-old joked that his tenure at Microsoft really should be measured in dog years, which would put him at the ripe old age of 252.

Sullivan's role is to provide the public face of XP, shuttling between industry partners, customers and press. But it's been a demanding role.