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“Yeah, he looks kinda mean, but Microsoft needs its balls back.”
-Nathan Weinberg on the Blue Monster.

Also, for Bill Hilf, General Manager of Platform Strategy, Microsoft:

“Shared growth works.”

He was referring to the shared growth of both Microsoft and Open Source within the entire tech ecology etc.

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asdf
asdf
17 years ago

Yeah, a blue demon-monster with angry eyes and giant teeth?
What could be mean about that?

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James Governor
James Governor
17 years ago

grrrr…. hey hugh, did the port25 post make any sense?

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Maggie Leber
Maggie Leber
17 years ago

There’s many things MSFT might be said to lack. “Balls” has never been one of them

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Kimber
Kimber
17 years ago

He looks fierce but that’s not a bad thing. Gets your a$$ off the bench.
No one gets inspired by the cookie monster (the other popular blue monster).

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Sarah
Sarah
17 years ago

So can we have a nice cute girly pink monster to go with the big boistrous blue one… 😉
As we all know the pretty pink monster is the subversive one that manages to do all the interesting things with its own unique and innovative style… (and we can all see what the loud mouthed blue one is up to! 😉 )

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Sarah
Sarah
17 years ago

Oh and also when the blue monster gets jealous does it then go green? Hmmm maybe Google and Apple will have the green monster syndrome 😉

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Nelson Biagio Jr
Nelson Biagio Jr
17 years ago

A pink monster…great idea, Sarah.
🙂

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Mike Peter Reed
Mike Peter Reed
17 years ago

The software company trying to be hard?
Microsoft have changed the world. Now they need to focus on making it a better place by hiring a few qualified designers with a track record. Microsoft needs more humanity, not more monster.

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James
James
17 years ago

Mike, did you read the text/watch the video about what inspired the “Blue Monster” and the story behind it? It’s addressing exactly what you’re stating in the last sentence.
There’s a Blue Monster sidebar underneath Hugh’s information with a video by Steve Clayton that sums up “Blue Monster” that explains it a lot more.
Cheers.

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Geoff Lane
Geoff Lane
17 years ago

Blue monster?
Blue meenie?

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tk
tk
17 years ago

Well, like any Monster he is most likely hungry
Or maybe he is just yawning because he is tired…or bored…
tk

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