In article <jt2dnVbG9NJ7z7HVnZ2dnUVZ_j6dnZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
Steve de Mena <steve@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> 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.
Which halls were these events held in Steve?
WWDC is being held in Moscone West which appears to have a capacity of
just over
6,000 people. Since, according to one source
(<http://www.roughlydrafted.com/RD/RDM.Tech.Q2.07/0A8D4674-9642-4321-9C90-63FCCBE
B3FA4.html>) clearly stating that there will be "over 5000 attendees from
all
over the world", it would appear that they sold as many as they could.
>
> Sorry if I am not "impressed" like most of you that Apple's poor or
> non existent planning resulted in WWDC being "Sold Out".
>
> Steve
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