Comdex Canceled For 2004

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."

Comments

R.I.P. Comdex 1979 - 1995

[oldstrat]

Comdex lost track sometime in the 90's but the real end was in 1995 when it was sold to Softbank.

It went from being a twice yearly Mecca to being a monthly, or bimonthly travelling international 'Disneyland' for marketing.

Prior to the infiltration by 'Windows World' it had been the hard core contact point for developers, implementors, and users, all feeding and grooming the craft (with the spice of some good natured marketing).

There is a real need for what Comdex was just as there is still a need for the every other year show of photographics at Photokina in Koln Germany.

Let Comdex lay in it's grave, quiet in silent repose, and start something unique and alive in the spitit of the original Comdex.

Reflecting a change in corporate reimbursement?

[PornMaster]

Does the declining attendance reflect the fact that employers are less willing to waste/invest money sending people to "Gee Whiz" conventions?

-PM