Q&A with Jim Allchin, WinXP group vice
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Allchin, a group vice president and 11-year company veteran, is in charge of Windows XP, the operating system upgrade that Microsoft--and a good part of the computer industry.
I think the way we're operating with other people in the industry is evidence of our cooperation. We're giving up a tremendous amount of intellectual property to standards organizations, working with others to try to create the new foundation for programming. It's good for growing the overall market. I think we're doing much better at listening to consumers. We will compete. That's the name of the business here--but making sure we listen to people so they can see any opportunity that we create.