George Graves wrote:
> On Thu, 15 May 2008 10:34:10 -0700, Keith Ream wrote
> (in article <g0hs6k$bpf$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>):
>
>> Jim 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
>>> You're pretty clueless and now it shows. along with your dislike of
>>> Apple.
>> Are there more people here then in previous years? If Apple has only
had to
>> prepare for 2000 people in the past and now have 5000 then it makes
sense
>> they are sold out.
>>
>>
>
> Of course it does to any SANE person, but de Mena's irrational hatred of
> Apple and the Mac means that he has to cast doubts, knee-jerk style, on
any
> news about Apple that isn't 100% negative.
The replies here sure seem "knee-jerk style", despite the fact
attendance might have been 5000 last year, without an iPhone SDK.
Steve
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