Late last year, Microsoft Corp. announced a realignment of its Platforms Group, aimed at optimizing and improving its core Windows businesses. The reorganization creates the Windows Core Operating System Division, a centralized engineering unit under the leadership of Brian Valentine, formerly the senior vice president for Windows. The move is expected to be a critical step in the evolution of the Windows business and operating system as the company heads toward the release of "Longhorn." Jim Allchin, Microsoft's group vice president of Platforms, in Redmond, Wash., talked to eWEEK Senior Editor Peter Galli about the reorganization and Longhorn in an exclusive interview.
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