I dunno, they were really pushing some .Net solution for web development. And then they started talking about C# and how it was soooo much better than Java. Me, of course, I don't know much about either of those platforms, just because I don't really tend to work with Windows stuff, and honestly, I'd rather not if I can avoid it. So I don't say anything, because what the hell do I know?

But the part that wasn't pretty was when he was saying all that stuff about C#, then looked up in surprise because I wasn't trying to rebut or anything, and started talking about, Haha, why didn't that get a rise out of you? Aren't you some kind of Java zealot?

And I'm sitting there blinking, blinkety blink blink, because I don't think I've ever said anything really zealotty about Java.

I mean, honestly, because I know enough to know Java is sort of like an embarrassing language for geeks, I guess, but I can code in it, and make a GUI across three platforms, so that's what I've written my biggest projects in. Because they wanted a GUI across three platforms, y'know? And that's just how I knew to do it. I don't think I ever went around crowing about it, though, and here was this guy trying to bait me so he could brag about MS stuff. Or something. Maybe he was just playing geek games? Hell if I know.