"The complexity and ambiguity of having two top-level developer brands may lead to confusion later down the road for developers. In contrast, the .Net Framework 3.0 aptly identifies the technology for exactly what it is -- the next version of our developer framework," the company said.

Online petitions seem to be growing in popularity as a means to protest the actions of technology vendors. Recently, a petition began circulating against the use of the term, SOA 2.0 (http://www.mwdadvisors.com/resources/stop-the-madness.php). Previously, a petition (http://classicvb.org/Petition/)was begun in favor of saving the Visual Basic 6 programming language.