Jim Allchin assisted Microsoft in creating many of the system platform components including Microsoft Windows, Windows Server, server products such as SQL Server, and developer technologies.
28 Facts About Jim Allchin
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Jim Allchin is best known for building Microsoft's server business and for leading foundational releases of Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Vista.
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Jim Allchin is known for his leading role in the architecture and development of the directory services technology Banyan VINES.
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Jim Allchin has won numerous awards in his career such as the Technical Excellence Person of the Year in 2001.
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Jim Allchin led the Platforms division at Microsoft, overseeing the development of Windows client from Windows 98 to Windows Vista, Windows Server from NT Server 4.0 to Windows Server 2008, as well as several releases of Microsoft server products as well as Windows CE and Windows Embedded line of products.
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Jim Allchin grew up in a tin-roof house built by his father.
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Jim Allchin studied Electrical engineering at the University of Florida, but dropped out to play in a number of bands.
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Jim Allchin later returned to the university and graduated with BS in Computer Science in 1973.
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Jim Allchin returned to his studies, earning the degree of MS in Computer Science from Stanford University in 1980.
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Jim Allchin wrote a language-independent, portable file system while at Stanford.
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In 1983, Jim Allchin was recruited to Banyan by founder Dave Mahoney, eventually being Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer.
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Bill Gates tried to recruit a reluctant Jim Allchin to join Microsoft for a year, yet successfully convinced him to join in 1990.
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Jim Allchin is known for debugging systems remotely by having the person on the phone toggle in hexadecimal via front panel switches of early computers to correct problems.
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However, Jim Allchin scrapped the project, citing the need to start fresh.
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At the NT Developer Conference in July 1992, Jim Allchin gave a presentation about the future Microsoft operating system.
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The Cairo and Windows NT groups were combined, and Jim Allchin created a new client and server organization focused on business and IT users.
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Jim Allchin replaced Dave Cutler as the lead developer on Windows NT version 3.5 onwards.
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Jim Allchin became the vice president of the new combined group.
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Jim Allchin was diagnosed with cancer in late 2002 and took a leave of absence for part of 2003.
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On September 20,2005, Microsoft announced that Jim Allchin would become co-president of a new Platform Products and Services Group, which combined the old Platform Group, Server and Tools Group, and the MSN Group.
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Microsoft announced that Jim Allchin would retire after Windows Vista shipped, leaving Kevin Johnson as the president.
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Jim Allchin was critical of Microsoft relaxing its requirements for computers to carry the 'Vista Capable' badge.
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On September 29,1998, Jim Allchin was deposed to respond to the testimony of Professor Edward Felten.
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In May 2002, Allchin testified before Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly during the settlement hearing between Microsoft and the nine states involved in the United States v Microsoft antitrust trial.
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Jim Allchin was called to testify on two issues, the first of which gained the most publicity.
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In relation to the issue of sharing technical API and protocol information used throughout Microsoft products, which the states were seeking, Jim Allchin's testimony discussed how releasing certain information could increase the security risk to consumers.
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Today, Jim Allchin devotes his time to music, technology, and charity work.
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Jim Allchin released his first album, Enigma, in 2009 calling the album a beta test.