Jim Allchin to Gates and Ballmer on the state of quality at Microsoft (2004)

“LH (Longhorn) is a pig.” Of historical note is that this was sent seven months before the Great Reset where a lot of the work on Longhorn got scrapped. The .NET and Windows teams never seemed to get along after that.

"I'm sorry". What do HN readers think about how this inclusion changes the meaning of the rest of the email?

They should send that email again, to all their product managers and VPs.

Its almost painful to read this.

In particular the mentioning of his soul - the industry has really gone the furthest away it can be from being soulful.