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- COMDEX
- The former, premier computer trade show in the U.S. Although it grew into an end user event, it was originally created for dealers and distributors (it was the COMputer...
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- The Comdexification of Linux
- The Comdexification of LinuxOlder than thirtyAnd before Comdex, there was the National Computer Conference.It suffered from the same fate Comdex did; it's just the natural life cycle of trade shows once they go for growth over focus.There is a difference...LinuxWorld still allows the Linux illuminati to meet and hang out...
- Tags: COMDEX, Comdexification, Linux
- Discussion threads 2007-08-03
- The Comdexification of Linux
- Linuxworld hits San Francisco next week with 11,000 attendees. The media is filled with stories about the "mainstreaming" of open source.Maybe. I'm more worried about open source Comdexifying, about Comdexification if you will.If you're under 30 you may barely know what I'm talking about. But back in the last century...
- Tags: mass market, marketing, Linux Server OS, Linux Desktop OS, Linux, General, Events, business models
- Blog posts 2007-08-03
- The Comdexification of Linux
- The Comdexification of LinuxAny timeI get a chance to go to Frisco, I'll take it! I was at the first LinuxWorld to have a M$ presence. They were there for this Comdex-like reason (showing their "open" WindozeCE).I like the idea of LinuxWorld really being OpenSourceWorld. The big Linux vendors and...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Operating systems, LinuxWorld, COMDEX, Comdexification, Linux
- Discussion threads 2005-08-08
- Comdex skips another year
- Comdex skips another yearComdex comebackI think that with CES and CBIT already pulling huge crowds every year, and plenty of other exhibitions around the world, there isn't any need for another large one. Just because people say they're positive doesn't mean they'll show up.COMDEX Come back....Look CES is fine, and...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Games, TVs, Digital media, Digital music, COMDEX, Consumer Electronics Show
- Discussion threads 2005-03-29
- Few tears shed for canceled Comdex
- Few tears shed for canceled ComdexDoes lose alot of money for my town...but we definitely wont miss the traffic down there. Not that we'd really miss Comdex either, it was really getting lame.WHAT? No Windows 98 Crash On Scanner Hookup This Year?I was so waiting for that to happen...
- Tags: Linux, PRODUCTIVITY, Web browsers, OPEN SOURCE, COMDEX, tear
- Discussion threads 2004-11-16
- Comdex: Missed more than you think
- Comdex: Missed more than you thinkMega companies don't need showsThe mega-corps are back and strong. IBM, Intel, Microsoft are all way ahead of their rivals. The "new economy" failed. Why do Microsoft and IBM need to show anything? We've blindly started marching to their tune. ...
- Tags: Strategy, developer, mega-corp, COMDEX
- Discussion threads 2004-06-24
- Organizer cancels Comdex 2004
- Organizer cancels Comdex 2004In other news....Comdex moved to India. After all, that's where all the action is, right?We're giving away our IT prowess. Might as well give away the trade shows as well...Organizer cancels Comdex 2004First Lollapalooza gets cancelled, now Comdex. Whats next?Go where innovation still lives.MacWorld...
- Tags: Leadership, Strategy, COMDEX
- Discussion threads 2004-06-23
- COMDEX Interruptus
- We won't be going to Las Vegas this year for the annual gathering of the computing industry. MediaLive International, the company behind COMDEX, is cancelling this year's event due to lack of support from leading technology vendors. I am on an advisory board of editors for the show, and have...
- Tags: COMDEX
- Blog posts 2004-06-23
- Comdex: Little fish in a smaller pond
- Comdex: Little fish in a smaller pondComdex and CDXPOI was at the CDXPO hosted by Jupitermedia and have to say that it being its first year I was really impressed with the speakers and topic. Some of the topics were for major corporations but in part it was for all...
- Tags: CDXPO, COMDEX
- Discussion threads 2003-11-22
- Comdex lights up tech's future
- Comdex lights up tech's futureright![Sun Microsystems and Microsoft will emerge as inadvertent allies]When the hell frezes or McNeally is no longer master and commander.Video Conferencing??How many times must this technology fail before companies realize that a telephone can do the job just as well. Gee, if I can see the...
- Tags: E-mail, COMDEX
- Discussion threads 2003-11-21
- A 'brain charger': The ultimate PDA accessory?
- A 'brain charger': The ultimate PDA accessory?One is born every minute...Now, who said that?Old technologyThis technology, called entrainment, has been around for years. To call this "new" just shows how much these propeller-heads have been out of touch with the real world for years.sometime when too smart"The company was...
- Tags: PDAs, COMDEX, brain charger, PDA
- Discussion threads 2003-11-20
- Dell debuts LCD television at Comdex
- Dell debuts LCD television at ComdexAt Comdex 2003 in Las Vegas, ZDNet's David Berlind takes a look at Dell's new 30-inch liquid crystal display television, an example of how the Texas-based company is expanding into home electronics.
- Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Monitors & displays, COMDEX, Dell Computer Corp., TV, LCD TV, LCD
- Videos 2003-11-19
- FrogPad introduces palm-size keyboard at Comdex
- FrogPad introduces palm-size keyboard at ComdexAt Comdex 2003 in Las Vegas, ZDNet's David Berlind checks out FrogPad's 20-key keyboard, which is one-fifth the size of a typical keyboard and requires the use of only one hand.
- Tags: Keyboards, FrogPad, keyboard, COMDEX
- Videos 2003-11-18
- Gates touts security software at Comdex
- Gates touts security software at ComdexIn his 20th annual address at Comdex 2003 in Las Vegas, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates shows off two server products that are designed to help companies secure their networks against attack.
- Tags: COMDEX, security software, security
- Videos 2003-11-17
- Comdex: How we went wrong
- Comdex: How we went wrongFrickin' swap meetWhen I was a buter for the last company that I worked for I used to go to Comdex to meet prospective vendors. However, the last time I went about three years ago while I was starting to talk to one of these prospects,...
- Tags: COMDEX
- Discussion threads 2003-11-12
- Is Comdex 2003 a fresh start?
- Is Comdex 2003 a fresh start?CNET's Brian Cooley sits down with ZDNet's Dan Farber and CNET News.com's Michael Kanellos for a look ahead to this year's Comdex, as the tech conference prepares to head in a new direction.
- Tags: COMDEX
- Videos 2003-11-12
Additional Resources
- Microsoft builds $300M cathedral to Bill Gates, hires Jerry Seinfeld as Pope
- Microsoft builds $300M cathedral to Bill Gates, hires Jerry Seinfeld as PopeThat's what I thoughtThe ad was about nothing except of course Bill. It is unclear why this ad was made.Who in the world is this "journalist"?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitch_Ratcliffe"I see you baby ...... shakin that ass -shakin that ass."http://www.brandrepublic.com/bulletins/digital/article/548871/publicis-dialog-puns-ass-shaking-new-renault-viral/RE: Microsoft builds $300M...
- Tags: Wiki, Blogging, ass, Jerry Seinfeld, Microsoft Corp., Wikipedia, Bill Gates, advertisement
- Discussion threads 2008-09-05
- I went to Moscone Center and all I got was this stupid T-Shirt
- Where's the hot chicks? Yeah you heard it, Summer LinuxWorld Expo sucked. Again. No, I didn't go this year. In fact, I haven't gone in two years. So how can I say it sucked? Because everyone who I know...
- Tags: booth, trade show, webcast, linux, internet, rss, web site development, web technology, operating systems, software, jason perlow
- Blog posts 2008-08-07
- Conferences as conversation starters
- Ten years ago Comdex - the gigantic Las Vegas hi tech conference and show - was reaching its high point. In that pre broadband internet era of CD ROM's, beige boxes and Windows 95, tens of thousands would converge on Vegas, stay in massively marked up hotel rooms and walk...
- Tags: Web, Industry, Conference, Web 2.0 Movement, Corporate Communications, Channel Management, Web 2.0, Strategy, Marketing, Internet, Management, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2008-06-30
- Why I didn't like "Microhoo"
- Why I didn't like "Microhoo"Two essays jostling.Microsoft has made an investment in MSN, and that investment has not been paying well. Search is a related source of income, and that component of the business could also be improved on the balance sheet.The purchase of Yahoo would add the #2...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, Operational accounting, Development tools, Microsoft Corp., content company, advertisement, Yahoo! Inc., software
- Discussion threads 2008-05-06
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