Thank you and farewell.

Over the years, anyone with any knowledge of Windows has come to appreciate and respect the way Jim Allchin managed the team.

On the client side, Jim was tasked with preserving and extending the most important, and undoubtedly the most valuable brand in technology, Windows.

And what a remarkable job he has done!

While America slept, and contrary to the beliefs of mainstream media, Jim and his team delivered several updates to Windows since the debut of XP:

• Windows XP Service Pack 1 & 2
• Windows XP x64
• Windows XP Media Center Edition
• Windows XP Starter Edition
• Windows XP Tablet PC Edition
• Windows XP, Ultra-mobile PC edition.

As he rides off into the sunset of his life at Microsoft, Jim Allchin leaves with the knowledge that his indelible mark is upon the next version of Windows, Windows Vista™, and the way most of the world would be computing for the next several years.

Thank you, Jim.

Adiós.