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Sun's "Java Powered" Campaign

Posted by Hemos on from the pushing-whatevery-they-can dept.

scapermoya writes "eWeek is reporting that Sun has started blitzing consumers , trying to increase public awareness about Java, with everything from accosting pedestrians to "Java Powered" logos begining to appear on some devices that are J2ME (Java 2 Media Edition) compatable. Tiny cup logos will now be pasted on everything from cell phones to microwaves." But not on Space Invaders clones.

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  1. I claim prior art by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sun's a little slow, I've had one of these stickers on my coffee machine for ages.

  2. Reminds me of the good old days... by tcopeland · · Score: 4, Funny

    ....of 1998.

    "We've got one million customers!"
    "For what?"
    "Our, er, free service. But I'm sure they'll give us money if we ask!"

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  3. Students by secondsun · · Score: 5, Funny

    I feel sorry for all of the over caffinated students that are going to get branded when this is all over.

    Well the onlly marketable named product Sun has right now is Java, and they are whoring out their youngest child for crack faster than you can say Sweet Zombie Jesus. I like Java, I really do, but it's alphabet soup family of products reads like intrest groups at gay pride parades. J2ME5, J2EE5, JDBC, JWS, JNLP, J2SDk,J2RE, etc. Maybe they should focus on their other marginally successful products like... umm.. well... umm...

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  4. Re:Maybe I should have the logo tattooed on my arm by turgid · · Score: 5, Funny
    Because of how many times I goto starbucks in a day :)

    Argh! A BASIC programmer! In English there is no such word as "goto." :-)

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  5. But not on Space Invaders clones. by curtisk · · Score: 5, Funny

    Note: grousing about rejected Java game clones is Offtopic and usually gets moderated that way. It happens, don't take it personally.

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  6. Re:Maybe I should have the logo tattooed on my arm by tcopeland · · Score: 4, Funny

    > In English there is no such word as "goto."

    Correct. He should have used "setjmp".

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  7. cmdrtaco.net slashdotted by Seft · · Score: 5, Funny

    Oh dear, you gotta love the irony.

  8. With all this "product awareness"... by hal2814 · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...all our stuff will look like NASCAR. First we have a label for the brand name. Then we had the label for the processor (Motorola, Intel, AMD, TI, etc). Then we had to get a label for the OS (MS Windows). Now we have the platform running on the OS. What's next? Maybe a label for the store that sold it to you. Or they could do a label for each company that preinstalls software on the device. They could even sell advertising space on the device.

    I for one would like a plain white microwave instead of the Goldstar/Motorola/Windows CE/Lowe's labelled microwave. If I want to know what my microwave is running, I'll look it up.

  9. Here's one by turgid · · Score: 3, Funny
    Q: What's the difference between Java and C#?

    A: One is secure, reliable, mature, scalable, portable and ubiquitous with an installed base in the billions and a developer community in the millions with thousands of open source code programs written in it. The other is called C#.

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