The Wall Street Journal has a good article on what they call a cultural change at Microsoft, which they essentially credit to Jim Allchin and Amitabh Srivastava. Hmmm... Srivastava is certainly respected technically, but Allchin's impending retirement seems to have triggered more glee than tears in the blogosphere. The criticism against Allchin seems to be that "he can't ship," but whether that's accurate or whether it's indicative of the cultural resistance that the WSJ speaks of is difficult for an outsider to parse. Any Microsoftians want to give me their perspective? (Email me at lobrien -at- knowing -dot- net)