Comdex Pursues Edification Rather Than Entertainment

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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You know, because I was wondering

[Hilleh]

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.

Wardrobe

[Anonymous Coward]

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..

Fully clothed?

[I Am The Owl]

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.

Well it's make or break time ...

[SuperDuG]

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.

Re:Free Stuff

[liquidsin]

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*