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> “Developers, developers, developers!” was a cry from Steve Ballmer and one of the speeches that defined him as CEO of Microsoft. These infamous words were utt
by AdmiralAsshat 6y ago
> “Developers, developers, developers!” was a cry from Steve Ballmer and one of the speeches that defined him as CEO of Microsoft. These infamous words were uttered back in 2006.
The famous YouTube video of it was uploaded in 2006, but my sources say the event in question was from Microsoft's 25th Anniversary Event in September 2000.
I could use a more authoritative source than knowyourmeme, though, so someone else is free to chime in there. There's a newsletter referencing it as early as 2001[0], so that seems to suggest well ahead of 2006.
[0]http://www.ntk.net/2001/08/03/ http://www.ntk.net/2001/08/03/
- chooseaname 6y agoAlso, this is how he got the unofficial nickname "Monkey Boy".
- cm2187 6y agoWell the message is now "get off our platform so we can switch it off". Everything Microsoft does goes in the direction of phasing out Windows.