Steve Ballmer Chants for “Developers,” Bashes iPhone SDK Model

Pete Mortensen ()

At the Mix 08 conference in Las Vegas, Microsoft CEO and noted iPhone fan Steve Ballmer reprised two of his greatest hits in a panel with Apple Evangelist Guy Kawasaki. First Ballmer suggested Apple was trying to get too big of a cut from iPhone application sales (30 percent is fine, in my opinion; exposure on iTunes is worth the royalty). Second, Ballmer did something truly sublime: he actually responded to a “fan’s” request that he do the “Developers, Developers, Developers” chant. And then, HE DID. It’s awesome. You have to hit the link.

CNET via Gizmodo

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Pete Mortensen is a design strategist for consulting firm Jump Associates and the co-author of Wired to Care: How Companies Prosper When They Create Widespread Empathy, a book and blog that are significantly more interesting than you might initially think. Pete's particular Apple avocations are both around design--interface and industrial. Follow him on Twitter!

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  • rss

    What happened to the post preview through RSS?

  • OlsonBW

    “Steve Ballmer Chants for “Developers,” Bashes iPhone SDK Model”

    Well, bombastic buffoon Ballmer should know. He was right that the iPhone would be a dud.

    Wait, he was wrong about that and sooooo many other things. Maybe he should get back to flailing away like crazy with Yahoo and other stupid ideas in hopes that investors and users won’t realize he doesn’t have a clue what to do to make Microsoft relevant again.

  • http://www.perkiset.org/ perkiset

    Delightful! An utter acknowledgement of the brilliance of the SDK and the iPhone is to get such vehement whining from the M$ folks.

    In other news, the Zune continues to be a runaway success…

  • http://www.coroflot.com/public/individual_details.asp?individual_id=143693 Deocliciano Okssipin Vieira

    Do you expect him to say what?
    C’mon.

  • Jordan

    screw it! Apple should Just jailbreak every iPhone

  • Electroboy

    Standard rule applies – If Ballmer objects, Apple must be doing something right