Re: augd digest, Vol 3 #244 - 8 msgs
Re: augd digest, Vol 3 #244 - 8 msgs
- Subject: Re: augd digest, Vol 3 #244 - 8 msgs
- From: Frank Petrie <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2002 16:58:14 -0400
On Tuesday, October 22, 2002, at 01:00 AM, Randy B. Singer.com wrote:
Not attending Macworld Expo at all, the premier show for the
Macintosh, looks terrible for Apple. Especially when Apple comes
right out and says that it is because the show is moving to Boston.
The signals that it
sends are what? That Apple is an unstable company that can act like a
petulant child if it doesn't get its way? That Apple is willing to
cut off its nose to spite its face? That maybe Apple is in such dire
financial straits that it can't afford to attend the most important
venue available to showcase its products? That Apple isn't even smart
enough of a company to be concerned about public perception?
I have to disagree with you Mr. Singer. The signal that it sends is
that IDG is not capable of convincing the Big Names to come to the Big
Apple. Also, as Apple is trying to make inroads into the business
market, it is only logical that they would want the show to remain at
the world's business center.
I could understand Apple wanting to pressure MWX to stay in the locale
that Apple preferred. What I can't understand is why they wouldn't
confine doing so to private interactions with the MWX organizers.
Putting
this out to the press, and worse, explaining that the reasoning was
that Apple was being petulant, strikes me as asinine.
On word: leverage. There is still months of negotiations ahead. I
wouldn't throw out the baby with the bath water just yet, Mr. Singer
I find the argument that Apple can't afford to attend the show to be
hard to accept. Isn't it Apple who has said that they get tens of
millions of dollars worth of free advertising (via press coverage) by
attending MWX
shows and introducing new models there? Is publicity now no longer
important to Apple?
Not at all. It's that they won't get anywhere near the press coverage
they get in NYC, plain and simple.
Jobs has recently had some changes in his board of directors. I'm
wondering if he is suddenly no longer getting the same quality of
advice that he had before, since he returned to Apple.
WHAT!?! SOMEONE HAS A REALITY DISTORTION FIELD STRONGER THAN STEVE'S!?!
QUICK RUN FOR THE HILLS!!! : )
Sincerely,
Frank Petrie
V.P., Vendor Rep, Webmaster, Cog
SJAUG, South Jersey Apple Users Group
www.sjaug.org
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