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Confidential Microsoft Emails Posted Online

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the behind-the-curtain dept.

dos4who writes "From the class action 'Comes et al. v. Microsoft' suit, some very enlightening internal Microsoft emails are now made public. Emails to and from Bill Gates, Steve Ballmer, Jim Allchin, etc all make for some mind blowing reading. One of my favorites is from Jim Allchin to Bill Gates, entitled 'losing our way,' in which Allchin states 'I would buy a Mac today if I was not working at Microsoft.'"

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  1. 2001 by DarkOx · · Score: 5, Funny

    called they want their Halloween documents back!

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  2. Email by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    If only they had used lycos for their email.

  3. Re:It just goes to say that by EveryNickIsTaken · · Score: 5, Funny

    You clearly do not read /. often.

  4. Re:In communist Russia... by russ1337 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I think I speak for all of us when I say you need to work on your Soviet-Russia jokes....

  5. Re:Non-PDF? by nacturation · · Score: 5, Funny

    Can anyone find any non-PDF versions of these? I don't allow PDF's in my biz... Yet you apparently allow Slashdot. Excellent policy.
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  6. Re:In communist Russia... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    "you need to work on your Soviet-Russia jokes...."

    No. Please don't.

  7. Re:/. bias by DogDude · · Score: 5, Funny

    Actually, that comment is indicative of a well run business. They identified problems with their own products, they identified their competitors' strengths, and they moved to address those issues. Realizations like that are part of the reason that they're the #1 software company on the planet.

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  8. I don't know why by Omeger · · Score: 4, Funny

    They would want to buy a Mac. You can do a LOT more things a LOT cheaper on a normal PC.

  9. What I don't get by mrfantasy · · Score: 4, Funny

    Is Jim Allchin.

    I mean, his chin isn't particulary prominent at all.

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  10. Allchin...? by tanveer1979 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Jim Allchin, is that you?! Never knew you hung out here too

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