Allchin Quotes & Sayings

The death of 'the god of western theism', the destruction of the idol, is opening the way to a rediscovery of the acts of the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, the living God of the worship and confession of the Fathers of the Church, he who makes himself fully known in Jesus Christ, and who in his Word and his Spirit is present and at work throughout the whole of what he has made. — A.M. Allchin

We can build a better product than Linux, — Jim Allchin

I am a hard-core believer that the clean desktop is the way to go ... At the same time, we told OEMs that if they were going to put a bunch of icons on the desktop, then so were we. — Jim Allchin

I say to you Baptists, "Go on being good Baptists, thinking that you are more right than anybody else." Unless you think it, I have no use for you at all. The Church of England does precisely the same itself. — Geoffrey Fisher

I continue to see a healthy PC market, very healthy. The machines will continue to morph; you'll see smaller machines that have more capability. — Jim Allchin

If you're going to kill someone there isn't much reason to get all worked up about it and angry - you just pull the trigger. Angry discussions beforehand are a waste of time. We need to smile at Novell while we pull the trigger. — Jim Allchin

The gaming experience on Windows Vista is going to go beyond any of the gaming consoles and anything that's been done before. — Jim Allchin

A mortal, Frodo, who keeps one of the Great Rings, does not die, but he does not grow or obtain more life, he merely continues, until at last every minute is a weariness. And if he often uses the Ring to make himself invisible, he fades: he becomes in the end invisible permanently, and walks in the twilight under the eye of the Dark Power that rules the Rings. — J.R.R. Tolkien

What you have outside you counts less than what you have inside you. — B.C. Forbes

You have to be courageous to not spend money, ... and we don't have many people who have that courage.. — Tom Coburn

We sometimes had those little rubs which Providence sends to enhance the value of its favors. — Oliver Goldsmith

As for Hitler, his professed religion unhesitatingly juxtaposed the God-Providence and Valhalla. Actually his god was an argument at a political meeting and a manner of reaching an impressive climax at the end of speeches. — Albert Camus

I would buy a Mac today if I was not working at Microsoft. — Jim Allchin

Today, the PC is often still considered just a tool, but together we need to make it a lot more than that. We need to make it a path to experiences. — Jim Allchin

Open source is an intellectual-property destroyer, I can't imagine something that could be worse than this for the software business and the intellectual-property business. — Jim Allchin

We can and must turn this around. If you're going to kill someone just pull the trigger. — Jim Allchin

There is no neat distinction between operating system software and the software that runs on top of it. — Jim Allchin

I met my new partner [in Indiana] and she asked if I wanted to move out of New York. I said yeah, and we got a house that's way cheaper than renting a closet in New York. — Shaun Fleming

Well, developers do want to touch a lot of customers. We have to make our platform very popular in order for them to do that. If we make their jobs easier, then they'll be more likely to stay on the Windows platform. — Jim Allchin

Apple really has no presence in business, and we think Vista's going to have a huge presence in business. We think we're going to help the corporate IT stack save money. — Jim Allchin

My style is ghetto chic. I love tacky jewelry, mega heels, high-waisted shorts, catsuits. — Jessie J.

We're obviously going to spend a lot in marketing because we think the product sells itself. — Jim Allchin

We are pushing ahead as fast as we can for all audiences, whether for the business user, the child, or the digital music enthusiast. — Jim Allchin

I continue to see good growth in the mobile space; I expect to see PCs being the core driver in the home. And I mean that for entertainment along with the work-at-home space. — Jim Allchin