Following the brouhaha over the future of the Macworld Conference and Expo is interesting to me, because I am essentially an outsider here. When the Angry Mac Bastards do our thing there this year it will be the first time that I have attended a Macworld, ever. I suppose that this gives me a different perspective on things than many of the people who have commented on the matter. For one thing, my opinion isn’t colored by memories (distorted or not) of previous Macworlds.
The biggest thing that stands out to me is that the majority of the people who seem to be beating the “Macworld is doomed” drum are journalists and bloggers. That makes sense to me. I can fully understand how, if the main benefit that someone derives from attending a Macworld is being among the first to hear and report on the words of His Steveness, Apple’s absence makes the conference pointless. And without an Apple booth to allow journalists to get their grubby hands on Apple’s latest and greatest for their “first look” articles, the show floor is also pretty worthless.
Of course, as others have pointed out, Macworld is not just about the
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