On Thu, 15 May 2008 14:13:29 -0700, Steve de Mena wrote
(in article <bMGdndk6067kOrHVnZ2dnUVZ_uLinZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>):
> 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.
>
> Here is my full original post:
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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
I'm happy for you. Guess what, that's about what WWDC is expecting as
well.
Your point?
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