George Graves wrote:
> On Thu, 15 May 2008 08:12:36 -0700, Steve de Mena wrote
> (in article <jt2dnVbG9NJ7z7HVnZ2dnUVZ_j6dnZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>):
>
>> 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_5
>>>>>>>> 00
>>>>>>>> 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.
>
> Show me, in the thread quoted above, where you mention either of thse
two
> things? You only mentioned a trade show.
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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
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