Good bye Mac trade show...
Eventually Apple opened up the Saks of computer stores, and went from manufacturing to retail... and to this day there is a woeful shortage of upscale electronics stores.
Given the PC model of business, price was everything, so a proper balance of innovator and conservator was never set. And to this day the VC model still dominates, which is far more about tax avoidance and profit laundering than about beneficial products.
Well, a break dow is upon us, and maybe some people will begin to introduce some balance as prices fall on rents.
Feel free to forward this by email to three of your friends.
Then, IDG World Expo General Manager Paul Kent, who headed up the conference, decided to host a different kind of annual confab in 2010 called Macworld/iWorld, with an emphasis on the Apple mobile market. While MW/IW struggled at first, it seemed to be gaining some traction over time. But evidently not enough. And now, it too, is going away — at least for the upcoming year.It is odd that in an industry depending on innovation, never came up with specialty stores for computer tech. There was Sharper Image, but it was gadgetry and got into other problems, like relying on hyped products like air ionizers.
Eventually Apple opened up the Saks of computer stores, and went from manufacturing to retail... and to this day there is a woeful shortage of upscale electronics stores.
Given the PC model of business, price was everything, so a proper balance of innovator and conservator was never set. And to this day the VC model still dominates, which is far more about tax avoidance and profit laundering than about beneficial products.
Well, a break dow is upon us, and maybe some people will begin to introduce some balance as prices fall on rents.
Feel free to forward this by email to three of your friends.
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