Comdex Canceled For 2004 185
Stephen Shankland writes "Comdex is canceled -- at least for 2004. The once-imposing tech event lost out to trade shows for specialized niches and consumer electronics, but the Comdex organizers want to bring it back in 2005, according to an executive quoted in our story at CNET News.com."
Smart move (Score:5, Interesting)
Wow (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:WHHHAAAATTTT!!!!!!!! (Score:3, Interesting)
I ended up hitting the tables for the rest of the week.
YEEEEEAAAAH!!!
Hmmm (Score:5, Interesting)
Since we now have a Comdex story topic and now Comdex, maybe this is a good opportunity to revamp? Adding a Gentoo topic, for example, or a casemod topic?
Saw this coming (Score:5, Interesting)
About the time of the
Then again, they were innovators in showing the rest of the industry how to commit suicide by banning their customers and throwing away their products. Too bad there's nothing left to part out.
Macworld / WWDC (Score:2, Interesting)
Eh, not like we didn't see it coming (Score:3, Interesting)
In other news, check out the interview with Boucher linked on that page. At least he seems to actually be thinking about these things, instead of just following orders.
Re:Hmmm (Score:3, Interesting)
Even then, you're unlikely to be buying from the trade show rep, there's likely a sales office/person that represents your geographical area, or maybe you even have to go through a reseller.
Sometimes you get weird inspirations at trade shows simply because there's so much to see, but often it just seems like an excuse for an all-expenses junket on the company dime.
And as we all know, those aren't part of the new economy.
Re:Hmmm (Score:4, Interesting)
My dad sells food to the casinos and when I told him he wasnt too happy, even 50,000 people eat a lot of food. At least Defcon [defcon.org] is still around.
So Much for "Windex!" (Score:5, Interesting)
Sorry, as a Mac tech, I don't do Windows, primarily. Today, in this world where viable alternatives to MS tech are plentiful, other companies are considering Linux, Mac OS X and other UNIX-derived tech and not looking back.
I am not surprised. (Score:3, Interesting)
Last year I worked tech at some of the press shows around Comdex and since I hadn't been to Comdex in years I just HAD to make it to the show.
Nothing went right... Time was not in my favor but I managed on my last day to make it to the main show.
With only 6 hours left to my trip I went into the show and saw it all in 2 hours.
At least I had Vegas to check out for the rest of the time.