View this article at: http://www.macnn.com/articles/06/12/12/ms.exec.would.buy.a.mac/ Tuesday, Dec 12, 2006 11:20am Windows development chief would buy a Mac The head of Microsoft's Windows development James Allchin wrote an email to CEO Steve Ballmer and co-founder Bill Gates in January of 2004 stating that "I would buy a Mac if I didn't work for Microsoft." The email was presented as evidence last week in an Iowa antitrust trial against Microsoft, quoting Allchin as saying "in my view, we lost our way." The co-president of Microsoft's platform and services division also wrote that "I think our teams lost sight of what bug-free means, what resilience means, what full scenarios mean, what security means, what performance means, how important current applications are, and really understanding what the most important problems our customers face are. I see lots of random features and some great vision, but that does not translate into great products." Allchin has overseen various aspects of Windows development since the mid-1990's, according to Computerworld, but plans to retire after Windows Vista ships to the masses.