straightup's New Writeupshttp://everything2.com/?node=New%20Writeups%20Atom%20Feed&foruser=straightup2009-05-26T16:00:00ZMonkey Boy (person)http://everything2.com/user/straightup/writeups/Monkey+Boystraightuphttp://everything2.com/user/straightup2009-05-26T16:00:00Z2009-05-26T16:00:00Z<p>Monkey Boy is a <a href="/title/nickname">nickname</a> for <a href="/title/Steve+Ballmer">Steve Ballmer</a>, head of <a href="/title/Microsoft">Microsoft</a>. The phrase <a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=opera&rls=en&hs=Xhe&q=ballmer+windows+commercial&aq=0&oq=ballmer+monkey+boy">seems to have originated</a> from when he went crazy <a href="/title/on+stage">on stage</a>, sweating up a storm while chanting, <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=developers+site+youtube.com+ballmer">Developers! Developers! Developers!</a>. The term, amazingly, seems to even fit his old <a href="/title/antics">antics</a>, such as when he made a commercial <a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=opera&rls=en&hs=Xhe&q=ballmer+windows+commercial&aq=0&oq=ballmer+windows+commer&aqi=g1">selling Windows 1.0</a>.</p>