I remember when people kind of looked you strange when you mentioned that you used IntelliJ instead of eclipse for Java development around 2006. The weirdness

I remember when people kind of looked you strange when you mentioned that you used IntelliJ instead of eclipse for Java development around 2006. The weirdness peaked when they found out you decided to pay for the license out of your own pocket because you were tired to have to explain why eclipse was not good enough for you.