The poser of RGV2cw, Microsoft’s intensely nerdy tip summary to developers
When he was still using Microsoft, Steve Ballmer caused utterly a stir in a tech universe by screaming “Developers! Developers! Developers!” Since a executive late to spend some-more time with his basketball team, however, a tech giant’s stream CEO is decidedly more…subtle in his approach.
In a kickoff keynote to a initial all-virtual Build conference, Satya Nadella delivered a debate in front of a vast shelving section packaged with knickknacks and family photos. And there was “RGV2cw.” The clearly foolish fibre of letters sat to a right of a CEO’s head. But these kinds of backdrops aren’t selected during random. Surely there contingency be some definition in a madness.
The letters sent chatter users scrambling to decode. One remarkable a participation of a user on a dev house with a name. Another fast snapped adult a hoop to send Build-related tweets. This user, however, appears to be a initial to have burst a code:
That is such a cold curtsy to Devs 💜 #MSBuild pic.twitter.com/5MmiX4XL32
— Sancho Harker | MVP | #PowerAddict (@iAm_ManCat) May 19, 2020
Microsoft’s Scott Hanselman reliable a message. It was, utterly literally, a coded summary to developers. Specifically, it’s a word “devs” in a Base64 format. Here, run it by this decoder to see for yourself.
It doesn’t have a shouting, sweaty coercion of Ballmer, though it’s a good tip of a fedora nonetheless.
