On Thu, 15 May 2008 08:13:38 -0700, Steve de Mena wrote
(in article <jt2dnVHG9NK-zrHVnZ2dnUVZ_j6dnZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>):
> George Graves wrote:
>> On Thu, 15 May 2008 00:11:21 -0700, Steve de Mena wrote
>> (in article <E4-dnfoAnNmEf7bVnZ2dnUVZ_jGdnZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>):
>>
>>> Chance Furlong 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_50
>>>>>> 0
>>>>>> 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?
>>> How do you do that?
>>>
>>> Steve
>>>
>>
>> Why don't THINK about it. Have you ever put together an event like
this?
>> Can
>> you imagine how someone planning an event has to make a guess at how
many
>> attendees they are going to get? Don't you think that Apple uses the
last
>> year's attendance as a gauge for next year's attendance? If they had
3500
>> attendees last year, then they might expect between 4 and 5000 for this
>> year.
>> That means that they have to book facilities for that number and get
the
>> collateral ready for the anticipated number. Those are the things that
>> limit
>> the attendance, not how many people can cram into a convention hall!
The
>> fact that somebody has to explain this to you shows that you are either
>> very
>> naive, or your hatred for Apple and the Mac is so out of control that
you
>> can't think rationally about anything connected with either.
>>
>
> I asked "how do you set an artificially HIGH" cap. Did your reply
> answer that?
>
> Steve
Of course not. the previous poster was being sarcastic with his
"artificially
high cap". No answer should be expected from anyone with an ounce of
brains.
Oh, I forgot, you're an Apple/Mac hater. Never mind...
|
