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The Last Comdex?
linuxwrangler writes "Key3Media Group Inc. which produces the Comdex trade show may be unable to make it's debt payments and could declare bankruptcy. No decision will be made until after Fall Comdex opening on Monday. More info is available at Google News."
Oh no -- the great taxi crush will be no more!
Why can't the article poster link the google cached pa... oh, wait a second.
(sounds of hundreds of prostitutes crying over lost revenue)
growth in another 2-3 Q's ("forecasted" like this for the past 2 years
"Do something man. Right now."
" Can somebody explain to me exactly how a trade show, that which can charge exorbiant fees to booth users, can possibly lose money hand over fist?"
They have the same accountants as the movie industry.
From the article:
Shares of Key3Media fell 41 percent, or 1 cent, to 14 cents in Thursday trading on the over-the-counter bulletin board market.
Now is it just me, or does something about those figures not add up?
Why didn't you guys stop me from paying 250% of the printed price on ebay for my tickets? You guys are sucky boyfriends!
Someone finds something on Google, it is posted on /. After being posted on /. it's pick up by Google!
/. I say Slashdotters spider Google.
Slashdotters say the Google spiders
If I wanted to hang out with a bunch of socially maladjusted, technologically-obsessed cretins I'd stay home and hang out with my friends.
AdultDex is able to 'stay up', who cares?
I went to Comdex in Vegas every year between 1996 and 2000. It went from being a relevant technical showcase to a hangout joint for old ladies when they got bored with the slot machines. It's hard enough to move around the LV Convention Center with 200,000 other technical people, but now you throw in another 50,000 people who don't belong (old ladies and people with STROLLERS for God's sake!, etc), then you add the fact that many of the biggest names don't bother showing up any more, it just isn't worth the time to go.
"Tell me doctor, with all of your defenses, are there any provisions for an attack by killer bees?"
Google googles slashdot, then slashdot slashdots google?
(try saying that one quickly!)
I use Macs to up my productivity, so up yours Microsoft!
Is that I won't get a chance to see those strippers handing out flyers for "Cumdex" any more. It was better than Comdex last year, too.
It used to be so easy to purchase new equipment. Instead of going through the laborious process of researching the specs and reviews online, I simply went with the vendor with the coolest promo stuff.
Last year at Comdex netgear gave out t-shirts and a nifty little spoungy dog. Linksys wouldn't even talk to me. Guess what switches are sitting on my desk now!
So I'll be sad. Aparently actual business took place there, or was supposed to take place there, but for the most part, all I saw was people like me scrounging for free stuff.
Yes, like pathetic geeks. But then again, the pathetic geeks scrounging for free stuff usually are the ones making the IT decisions.
*sigh*
The Internet is generally stupid