Programming Windows: Brian Valentine Interview (Premium)
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In February 2003, I had the chance to interview Microsoft senior vice president Brian Valentine about Windows Server 2003. We were originally going to connect during my January 2003 Microsoft campus visit, but it didn’t work out. So it was nice to find some time after that to discuss the company’s most complex and customer-driven Windows Server version ever. For those unfamiliar, Valentine was a humorous but hard-hitting individual. At that time he was responsible for virtually everything at Microsoft with the Windows name on it, and he reported directly to Microsoft group vice president Jim Allchin.
Here’s what Brian Valentine had to say about Windows Server 2003 and the ways in which this product reflected the massive process changes the company made to better meet customer needs.
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