George Graves wrote:
> 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...
Funny, considering how I have three Macs and am buying a new MacBook
around WWDC for my 8 year-old nephew as his first computer.
If you mean I don't wor****p the company blindly, I can accept that.
Steve
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