.NET at JavaONE

windows bios world writes: "As this article states, 'There was little love from the leaders of the Java movement toward Microsoft's new framework for creating Web services, but there were signs of accommodation among some at the conference.' One of the most popular booth-trinkets was a button with a slash through it that said .NOT. A video shown at the first keynote depicted the Java Smart Car driving circles around a Bill Gates look-alike. The back of Bill's T-shirt, of course, was emblazoned with a J-flat logo instead of J-sharp."

Comments

This guy wasn't there, huh? :)

[dmorin]

The buttons says no to .NET (big red circle and slash through it and were given out by Data Representations, makers of the Simplicity IDE). I got one from a hot girl on the first day. :) And the Bill Gates lookalike had a shirt that said .NOT on the front, and C-flat on the back.

For those that are saying "ooo, childish", do try to remember that it's supposed to be in fun, to entertain the crowd. There's a role for evangelizing. Many people will tell you that the primary reason they go is to get pumped up about what they do for a living. You don't do that by saying "Wow, ya know, .NET is just as good as Java." At last McNealy stopped the damned top ten lists.

And don't forget Monkey Boy Ballmer. No one at JavaONE yelled "Give it up for me."