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Comdex Pursues Edification Rather Than Entertainment

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the turning-the-ship-around dept.

XarsonX writes "Infoworld has an article talking about some of the changes coming to Comdex this year. Amongst other things, a $50 price tag for uninvited attendants, and less free gear handed out. Is it still possible to get enough free vendor-wear to fill your entire wardrobe?"

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  1. You know, because I was wondering by Hilleh · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is it still possible to get enough free vendor-wear to fill your entire wardrobe?

    Slashdot - facing the important and relevant issues that I am sure confront us all on a daily basis.

    1. Re:You know, because I was wondering by Angry+White+Guy · · Score: 3, Funny

      That's the only reason to go to tradeshows. I have enough pens and mousepads, shirts, jackets, etc to supply the local gradeschool.

      That and business cards.

      Why else would you go to a computer tradeshow, to pick up chicks?

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  2. Wardrobe by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is it still possible to get enough free vendor-wear to fill your entire wardrobe?

    No, but i hear there will be a SCO t-shirt burning this year at it..

    1. Re:Wardrobe by Angry+White+Guy · · Score: 3, Funny

      Donate them to charity instead of burning them. That way the current board will know what they're going to look like in five years. Sitting on a street corner with a tin cup and a sco shirt.

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  3. Fully clothed? by I+Am+The+Owl · · Score: 5, Funny
    Is it still possible to get enough free vendor-wear to fill your entire wardrobe?

    You mean there are vendors giving out pants? That's just awesome.

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    1. Re:Fully clothed? by blibbleblobble · · Score: 4, Funny

      "You mean there are vendors giving out pants? That's just awesome."

      Do debian panties count?

      Or a KDE thong?

  4. Advertising by The+Original+Yama · · Score: 4, Insightful

    "Is it still possible to get enough free vendor-wear to fill your entire wardrobe?"

    What, you actually like being a walking advertising billboard? Some of us have a thing called dignity which prevents us from stooping to such a level.

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  5. Well it's make or break time ... by SuperDuG · · Score: 5, Insightful
    The re-entrenchment of Comdex as a business-focused show is a natural response to Comdex's excessive growth in the late 1990s, when the fall show attracted more than 200,000 attendees annually, Millikin said. "Five years ago, Comdex did not have a defined purpose," he said. This year the show will make a much more concerted effort to attract vendors and attendees interested in specific topic areas such as Web services, security, and open source software, he added.

    With this type of decision you have two directions you can go, way up or way down. The problem is that since Comdex didn't define itself, the patrons and vendors of comdex did. They said, "cool new computer stuff that people are trying to make money with", and everyone bought into it, because remember kids computers and computer fields are followed ONLY for the money. Comdex had proof of concepts that were beyond belief but then would become standard in a few years (anyone remember buy-a-car.com?). Not only can you buy used cars in tons of places you can buy them on ebay now too.

    If Comdex wants to change the pace of what it does and they want to survive then all the power to them, but you don't start something and then just expect to change it because things aren't going the way you envisioned them.

    My prediction ... Comdex isn't even newsworthy in 3 years.

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  6. free gear. by Suppafly · · Score: 4, Insightful

    and less free gear handed out.

    Isn't the free gear handed out by the vendors? How does comdex have any control over that? There maybe more free gear this year than ever, they don't know.

  7. Free Stuff by GillBates0 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I still fondly remember those good ol' days where companies used to hand out tons of high-quality free stuff at Career Fairs. At a particularly memorable one, the year before last, I managed to grab the following inventory of items:
    Google I'm Feeling Lucky T-Shirt
    Cisco foldable stapler
    IBM Pen and Glow Keychain
    IBM FM/AM radio with earphones
    Lucent drawstring laundry bag
    Microsoft shitty yoyos which doesn't work
    Verizon and Metlife frisbees
    SGI funky twisty rubbery thing
    Siemens marker set
    Comcast inflatable ball
    Kodak disposable camera
    Broadcom fridge magnet
    Honda trendy packpack
    Texas Instruments CD wallet
    EMC2 T-Shirt
    On the other hand, this year most companies were handing out only pens and other cheapo stuff, which I thought was below my dignity to collect.

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    1. Re:Free Stuff by liquidsin · · Score: 5, Funny

      Microsoft shitty yoyos which doesn't work

      So their yo-yos are like their servers...they go down but then they won't come back up? *rimshot*

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