George Graves wrote:
> On Thu, 15 May 2008 00:14:02 -0700, Steve de Mena wrote
> (in article <E4-dnfUAnNknf7bVnZ2dnUVZ_jGdnZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>):
>
>> Chance Furlong wrote:
>>> In article <9aednTAa0PUnS7bVnZ2dnUVZ_hninZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>>> Steve de Mena <steve@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Chance Furlong wrote:
>>>>> In article <jim-F22FA6.18235214052008@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>>>>> Jim <jim@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> For the first time in its history.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/05/14/wwdc_sold_out_with_over_500
>>>>>> 0_attendees.html
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference, scheduled for June 9-11,
has
>>>>>> sold out for the first time ever. Attendance at the event has
rapidly
>>>>>> grown as interest in the Mac platform has snowballed in pro****tion
to
>>>>>> rapid new sales of Macs.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Over 5000 attendees.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Read on.
>>>>> Sold out? I wonder what Gates, Ballmer, and the resident Wintrolls
will
>>>>> have to say about it. Cuss and discuss, Wintrolls.
>>>> They set an artifically low attendance cap so they could proclaim it
>>>> "Sold Out?"
>>>>
>>>> Steve
>>> Prove the artifically low attendance cap, Steve.
>> Other conferences, such as the two I mentioned, both in single
>> locations, were able to handle more people.
>>
>> LinuxWorld, also at Moscone Center, has had 10,000 people attend.
>>
>> Steve
>
> Dolt! Linux World is a TRADE SHOW, like Mac World (last January they had
over
> 20,000 attendees). Not a developer conference. Do you even KNOW the
> difference between a trade show where people walk through exhibits and a
> developer conference where people spend thousands of dollars to attend
and
> set through sessions and cl***** on how to write software and hardware
> drivers and use SDKs and HDKs from morning to night? Pretty silly
analogy if
> you ask me. It's like saying "Only 5000 attendees? More than that
attended
> the Giants baseball game last night." That is about as relevant as what
you
> just said.
Did you forget the two shows I mentioned, "EMC World" and "VMWorld".
Each had 100s of technical presentations and workshops, just like
WWDC. Attendance, 9,000 and 7,000 respectively.
Sorry if I am not "impressed" like most of you that Apple's poor or
non existent planning resulted in WWDC being "Sold Out".
Steve
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