In article <t-bone-94E44A.02095115052008@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
Chance Furlong <t-bone@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> In article <EcudnZn86exSSLbVnZ2dnUVZ_tDinZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> Steve de Mena <steve@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> > Jim wrote:
> > > For the first time in it's 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...
> > >
> >
> > Next week I am attending "EMC World" in Las Vegas, and there are 9,000
> > attendees signed up so far. ($1,995 for 4 days) Surprised WWDC is so
> > small. Two years ago when "VMWorld" was in Los Angeles, there were
> > 7,000 attending.
> >
> > Steve
>
> Did they set an artifically high attendance cap?
Considering the relative size of the markets addressed, it looks as
though EMC World and VMWorld aren't drawing all that much.


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