Editing Steve Ballmer (section)

===Public image===
Although as a child he was so shy that he would hyperventilate before [[Hebrew school]],<ref name="leibovich20001231"/> Ballmer is known for his energetic and exuberant personality, which is meant to motivate employees and partners,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/09/11/ballmer_iphone_bing_win_7_ad|title=Ballmer garnishes Bing 2.0 with iPhone 'stomp': Return of the Kool-Aid kid|author=Gavin Clarke|year=2009|work=The Register|access-date=April 23, 2010|archive-date=May 12, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100512182206/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/09/11/ballmer_iphone_bing_win_7_ad/|url-status=live}}</ref> shouting so much that he needed surgery on his vocal cords.{{r|leibovich20001231}}

Ballmer's excited stage appearances at Microsoft events were widely circulated on the Internet as [[viral video]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.onsoftware.com/the-best-and-worst-of-barmy-steve-balmer/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100603051704/http://en.onsoftware.com/the-best-and-worst-of-barmy-steve-balmer/|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 3, 2010|title=The best and worst of barmy Steve Balmer|author=Nicholas Mead|year=2010|access-date=November 27, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/01/06/microsoft_slate|title=Ballmer readies slate PC for CES: Monkey boy to hurl spoiler at Apple?|author=John Oates|year=2010|work=The Register|access-date=April 23, 2010|archive-date=May 12, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100512182222/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/01/06/microsoft_slate/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2385972,00.asp?kc=PCRSS03079TX1K0000585|title=Microsoft Needs to Check Itself|author=John C. Dvorak|work=PC Magazine|access-date=June 12, 2011|date=May 26, 2011|archive-date=March 14, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314201910/http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2385972,00.asp?kc=PCRSS03079TX1K0000585|url-status=live}}</ref> One of his earliest known viral videos was a parody video, produced for Microsoft employees in 1986, promoting [[Windows 1.0]] in the style of a [[Crazy Eddie]] commercial.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.laptopmag.com/articles/steve-ballmers-9-craziest-moments|title=9 Craziest Steve Ballmer Moments|date=August 23, 2013|access-date=November 12, 2017|archive-date=November 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171113004421/https://www.laptopmag.com/articles/steve-ballmers-9-craziest-moments|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2010/nov/15/microsoft-windows-system-apps|title=Has Microsoft's Windows had its day?|first=Charles|last=Arthur|date=November 15, 2010|website=the Guardian|access-date=November 12, 2017|archive-date=November 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171113003544/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2010/nov/15/microsoft-windows-system-apps|url-status=live}}</ref> Ballmer and [[Brian Valentine]] later repeated this in a spoof promotion of [[Windows XP]].

A widely circulated video was his entrance on stage at Microsoft's 25th anniversary event in September 2000,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wallstreetinsanity.com/steve-ballmers-top-11-craziest-moments/|title=Steve Ballmer's Top 11 Craziest Moments|website=wallstreetinsanity.com|date=July 12, 2013|last=Cortez|first=Samantha|access-date=November 12, 2017|archive-date=November 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171113060142/http://wallstreetinsanity.com/steve-ballmers-top-11-craziest-moments/|url-status=live}}</ref> where Ballmer jumped across the stage and shouted, "I love this company!"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/microsoft/8041510/Who-is-Steve-Ballmer.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/microsoft/8041510/Who-is-Steve-Ballmer.html |archive-date=January 12, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Who is Steve Ballmer?|first=Claudine|last=Beaumont|date=October 5, 2010|via=www.telegraph.co.uk}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=McNamara |first1=Paul |title=Replaying Ballmer's whacky Windows 1.0 ad and explaining 'except in Nebraska' |url=https://www.networkworld.com/article/3006537/replaying-ballmer-s-whacky-windows-1-0-ad-and-explaining-except-in-nebraska.html |access-date=December 3, 2020 |work=Buzzblog |publisher=NetworkWorld |date=November 19, 2015 |archive-date=November 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201120234133/https://www.networkworld.com/article/3006537/replaying-ballmer-s-whacky-windows-1-0-ad-and-explaining-except-in-nebraska.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Another viral video was captured at a [[Windows 2000]] developers' conference, featuring a visibly perspiring Ballmer repeatedly chanting the word "developers".<ref>{{cite news|last=Wakabayashi|first=Daisuke|title=Ballmer becomes lone voice at Microsoft's helm|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-microsoft-ballmer-idUSN2634300220080629|work=Reuters|access-date=December 6, 2012|date=June 29, 2008|archive-date=March 11, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311173712/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-microsoft-ballmer-idUSN2634300220080629|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/ballmers-visage-evoked-for-developers-developers-developers|title=Ballmer's visage evoked for 'developers, developers, developers' demo app on Windows Phone 7 Series|author=Chris Ziegler|year=2010|work=Engadget|access-date=April 23, 2010|archive-date=March 23, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100323013918/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/ballmers-visage-evoked-for-developers-developers-developers/|url-status=live}}</ref>