I think this offers some interesting thought experiments in [tech] leadership:
* what would you have done in Jim Allchin's position? He disagreed once finding out but ultimately trusted his team's judgement and stood by their decision (isn't that exactly the manager you want to work for?) Yet, look at the results
* hypothetically how do you think Steve Jobs would have handled it, by contrast?
* but Windows is a whole ecosystem with many stakeholders, while Apple is not, so the balancing act between Intel and HP is much more delicate. (Apple ultimately ditched Intel, right? But could Microsoft?)
anonymars|6 months ago
Microsoft relented to Intel and allowed it to be classified as "Vista capable" despite not being able to run WDDM.
This is a decent writeup of the situation:
https://www.cnet.com/tech/tech-industry/microsoft-e-mails-re...
anonymars|6 months ago
* what would you have done in Jim Allchin's position? He disagreed once finding out but ultimately trusted his team's judgement and stood by their decision (isn't that exactly the manager you want to work for?) Yet, look at the results
* hypothetically how do you think Steve Jobs would have handled it, by contrast?
* but Windows is a whole ecosystem with many stakeholders, while Apple is not, so the balancing act between Intel and HP is much more delicate. (Apple ultimately ditched Intel, right? But could Microsoft?)
(edit: clarify some wording)
dijit|6 months ago
It’s also known as “Intel GMA”, if that helps: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_GMA