How many Microsofties to compose 4 notes?

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Fastcompany.com Back story on Microsoft Vista theme song

According to this article in Fast Company:
A team of 20 people took 18 months to compose 4 notes!

This takes the Mythical Man Month concept to an entirely new level.

Sure there's a little pressure - the music will start every day (not to mention every time the computer crashes) for 200 million people in the first year alone.

Here's my favorite part:

The key insight that helped the team focus came when Martine, listening to one riff, mimicked it, clap-clap, clap-clap. It was a rhythmic breakthrough, echoing the message, "Win-dows, Vis-ta."

Brilliant.