62 Quotes by Jim Allchin

We're going to blow out the holiday season.

The fact is that we wanted everybody in the industry to be ready for this.

We're just trying to be responsive to their concerns and also be forthright about where we are in terms of being a few weeks late for quality.

We needed a few more weeks. We decided to optimize it for the entire industry.

Security is a big thing. Safety and security has been a diving factor in this release all along. We know what we need to do to in order to make this system one that people are going to be able to feel safe and secure when they get it.

I am fine now, but I made a decision then to retire at the end of 2006.

Given that the customers have wanted us to be very precise and any mistakes in that might impact their business, we decided to come out with a very high assurance date for them that they can count on.

I don't understand how IE 4.0 is going to win. My conclusion is we must leverage Windows more. We should first think of an integrated solution.

There is a few weeks' delay because the partners had asked. This is a major release and it takes a lot of time to do the appropriate qualifications. Some of the manufacturers have their systems built off shore. There are logistics that have to take place here and we are not experts on that.