Re: Create
Re: Create
- Subject: Re: Create
- From: Terry Tufts <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2003 16:39:30 -0600
I think something is being missed here. Create is planned by IDG as a
replacement to Epple. This is not an Apple joint program as it was in
past years. They have disagreed and in this case are going separate
ways. IDG has a big hole in its business plan and are hoping to fill it
with Apple supporters coming to a show that is totally different than in
past years. As most of you have said, there does not seem to be the
interest from Apple users to support this concept and it likely will not
fly as currently described.
Apple has said it wants to approach these conferences in a different way
than in past years. It will remain to be seen how they will do that and
with what success. It simply is incorrect to blame the Create program
on Apple as they are not involved in it. Lets be fair and put any blame
on the plan where it belongs. You can fault Apple for not supporting the
old traditional, conferences that many have grown to love, but Create is
not their baby. If you are unhappy with Apple, blame them for
withdrawing from an old partnership but not for the Create concept. You
are venting your spleen in the wrong place.
Terry Tufts
Northern Illinois Computer Society
Macbeth wrote:
Seeing the announcement for the event several days ago just left me
feeling
"chilled". Yet again, Apple is limiting its vision to just the creative
market
(not that they're a bad bunch!).
Where is the draw for the rest of the general Mac population? Or the
new PC
converts it's been able to gather? How in the world does it expect it's
market
share to go beyond the "switch" campaign with this new tactic? I fear
that all
the improvements that we've seen will be reduced.. as usual--or what
seems to
be the norm--one step forward, two steps back.
Haven't you learned, yet ..Apple? Steve? Do you realize the loss this
type of
thinking had years ago when you lost track of the business or scientific
fields, or how about the education market? Mac OS X and new server class
products
have been good but...take education, it really hasn't been as easy as
you thought it would be to bring that back, has it? The Dell black can
be seen
in most institutions but the Apple White is not shining bright as it
should!
And don't get me started on the rest of the computing world.
Unfortunately, in
the real world--perception does rule! and Apple is perceived as just
fluff
computing. (no hecklers please, it is just a generalization, one I'm
constantly fighting against with all my PC friends which is why I make
this
point)
As program coordinator for our group, I was willing to try to pull
together a
bus trip for our MUG members this year to New York, but with the new
limited
venue, our members will not see much value in attending. They would
want to
see new hardware, new software--games, utilities, productivity, etc.
well
beyond the graphics focus. And that thought is even with quite a few of
our
members involved the in the creative fields.
Where will the mainstream MUG community fit in with this model? Beyond
the
MUGs who are involved as specific "creative" user communities with FCP
user
groups, or SIGs with creative content focus, the rest of the Mac
faithful have
yet again been given a slap in the face!
Macbeth
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