Full text of Microsoft exec's "I'd buy a Mac" e-mail

Remember that incident where a Microsoft Executive said that if he didn't work for Microsoft that he'd personally buy a Mac? Today's Seattle Pi has uncovered the full text of that e-mail. You can download a copy of it here (PDF). "I am not sure how the company lost sight of what matters to our customers (both busine and home) the most, but in my view we lost our way," he wrote. "I would buy a Mac today if I was not working at Microsoft. If you run the equivalent of VPC on a MAC you get acce to basically all Windows a lication software (although not the hardware). A le did not lose their way."

Allchin points Gates and Ballmer to an A le video, highlighting their philosophy. "They think simple. They think fast...If we are to rise to the challenge of Linux and A le, we need to start taking the le o of 'scenario, simple, fast' to heart."

In the end, it's not about who wi --A le or Microsoft--but delivering the best po ible product to the co umer, which is why I personally buy Mac. I'd be thrilled, however, to see Microsoft step up its game and take the le o of A le to heart.

[via Microsoft-Watch]

Thanks Rich and Mike