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Apple Macworld Snub a "negotiating tactic"

Posted by Hemos on from the battle-of-words dept.

Nick dePlume writes "Apple Computer's decision to not endorse the move of the east coast Macworld Expo convention from New York to Boston is a "negotiating tactic," albeit a shockingly public one, reports Think Secret. Sources believe Apple had firmly endorsed the move, which was announced today."

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  1. Re:Pure stupidity in my opinion. by BitGeek · · Score: 5, Insightful


    I don't see the arrogance.

    conventions are marketing events. Microsoft controls the windows conventions. Its not surprising that Apple would require that MacWorld to meet its needs.

    After all, it is really apple's convention, its not a convention for apple-- the people who put on that show are profiting on apple's support, not the other way around.

    --
    Yeah, and you guys panned the ipod too: http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/10/23/ 1816257
  2. Re:What does Apple have to gain from this? by pudge · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If this ThinkSecret source is correct,

    Isn't that all you need to know right there?

    Sure, it's very possible Apple is just trying to gain some sort of leverage, either more space, discounts, more control, or even just to look like they are in control (yes, that matters to Apple). But while I think that is very possible, I wouldn't trust ThinkSecret.