COMDEX Cancelled Again

An anonymous reader noted that COMDEX has been cancelled for the second year in a row. And meanwhile, thousands of IT professionals rejoice that they won't be again exposed to strange strains of viruses that their immune system can't handle.

Comments

Why?

[qualico]

The story does not say why it was cancelled.
Same reason as last time?

Perhaps COMDEX should simply be retired

[Ralph Spoilsport]

and ignored. With other huge mega-events like CES, NAB, NAMM, Siggraph, etc. etc., there's really no purpose to Comdex existing.

Idea:
Unless, of course, (shamelss plug for all things /.) they re-align the show to be the Premier Expo of all things FOSS. But given the capitalisation of FOSS, it'll take a lot of bake sales to scare up the scratch to rent something like the Moscone Center for a weekend. And trying to organise such a show would be monstrous - getting FOSS people together is like herding cats.

But it would give Comdex a raison d'etre, seeing as how it presently has zero purpose to exist.

RS

Re:Regroup again?

[Snowdog668]

That's pretty much what I was thinking. I'd much rather attend a convention that was more focused on a smaller segment of technology.

Since the bubble burst is there really a need for the huge monstrosity that is COMDEX?

Add to that the fact that Vegas is wasted on me (see my sig) and I'd much rather go to a small, focused convention that's more local (I'm within an hour or so drive of both Chicago and Milwaukee).