George Graves wrote:
> 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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>> Subject: Re: 2008 WWDC sold out!
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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?
I went to VMWorld in 2006 in Los Angeles. 7,000 people.
The next year it was held in San Francisco, at Moscone Center, same as
WWDC, and they had ELEVEN THOUSAND people. They didn't seem to have
trouble handling explosive growth.
Steve
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