Comments on: Macworld Expo Boston: The First & Last http://jeremiahlee.com/blog/2004/07/15/macworld-boston/ Jeremiah on gay geek technocracy. Thu, 10 Mar 2011 03:52:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Finlay http://jeremiahlee.com/blog/2004/07/15/macworld-boston/comment-page-1/#comment-262 Finlay Sun, 25 Jul 2004 22:01:01 +0000 http://jeremiahlee.com/blog/2004/07/15/macworld-boston/#comment-262 Why do you blame IDG for this? I have it on good authority that high-ranking Apple executives were involved with the negotiations right up until the last minute, and gave IDG their support for the move. IDG went ahead and signed a deal with the Boston guys, and made the PR. Somewhere in there, someone told Steve Job about it - it made good business sense (vendors were already pulling out of NY expo because of the high costs associated with it), etc - and he just put his foot down and said "no", because he "likes New York". When Apple issued their PR saying they weren't going to attend, IDG were as flabbergasted as anyone. Why do you blame IDG for this? I have it on good authority that high-ranking Apple executives were involved with the negotiations right up until the last minute, and gave IDG their support for the move. IDG went ahead and signed a deal with the Boston guys, and made the PR. Somewhere in there, someone told Steve Job about it – it made good business sense (vendors were already pulling out of NY expo because of the high costs associated with it), etc – and he just put his foot down and said “no”, because he “likes New York”.

When Apple issued their PR saying they weren’t going to attend, IDG were as flabbergasted as anyone.

]]> By: Jeremiah http://jeremiahlee.com/blog/2004/07/15/macworld-boston/comment-page-1/#comment-256 Jeremiah Tue, 20 Jul 2004 16:38:49 +0000 http://jeremiahlee.com/blog/2004/07/15/macworld-boston/#comment-256 I plan to cancel my .Mac subscription when it comes up for renewal. I won't switch to anything. I have an iPod, so I don't use online storage. I have too many e-mail accounts. I don't need virus protection in Mac OS X. I use a free, open-source backup application. My web server has WebDAV enabled to share iCal files. I use a free, open-source, insanely powerful but easy to use WordPress for blogging. No one needs .Mac or SpyMac Wheel if they have even the crappiest of hosting companies. A standard web hosting account is more versatile than either of these services and most certainly cheaper. I plan to cancel my .Mac subscription when it comes up for renewal. I won’t switch to anything. I have an iPod, so I don’t use online storage. I have too many e-mail accounts. I don’t need virus protection in Mac OS X. I use a free, open-source backup application. My web server has WebDAV enabled to share iCal files. I use a free, open-source, insanely powerful but easy to use WordPress for blogging. No one needs .Mac or SpyMac Wheel if they have even the crappiest of hosting companies. A standard web hosting account is more versatile than either of these services and most certainly cheaper.

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