[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

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This year, Comdex’s theme is “Practical Innovation” and its exhibit space will be divided into sections, so the show should seem less chaotic.

Rosen said Comdex remains relevant, with 400 new products to be unveiled and keynote speeches from Microsoft’s Bill Gates on Sunday and Hewlett-Packard’s Carly Fiorina on Monday.

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[pabianice]

Geez ... Buick has a dead guy selling cars on TV ... we've hit advertising fatigue.

[Cicero]

You know something's wrong when Carly Fiorina is giving one of the two keynote speeches.

[Common Tator]

Just one more indication that the hight tech industry is reaching maturity.

Now new from Gateway... computers to match any decor. See our lovely French Provincial models trimmed in genuine designer fabrics. Rugged early american computers for the outdoors type. And soft gentle computers done in loving feminine tones.

The market for used computers, the promotion of style, and sluggish sales all scream the market has matured.

Can anyone tell me a reason for upgrading a server from Red Hat 7.3 to 8.0 or from Windows 2000 server to dot net server? What will windows XP do for me that Windows 2000 Pro will not? Windows trimmed in a pretty blue with round corners is not a reason. And having to learn new ways to reach the control panel or my computer is not an advantage. I can see little to reccomend Red Hat 8 over Red Hat 7.3. Infact I took 8.0 off my machine and put 7.3 back.

If you liked RCA TV in 1980 you are going to love Microsoft in 2015.

[Vince Ferrer]

This is a big indicator of the tech economy in the next year or so. The internet and cell phones, the last two big things, have come and gone as a force in the economy and employment. The stock market and the unemployed tech workers are all waiting for the next big thing, and this tells me it isn't on the horizon yet.

[Tribune7]

Will it go the way of the Rocky Mountain Rendezvous?

[Russell Scott]

The Internet has a lot to do with the demise of these shows.

[navigator]

We stopped going to Comdex three years ago when the industry started running out of creative gas. Seems like half the show has moved off the floor and into private suites.

[AgentEcho]

My personal COMDEX experiences:

1992: Multimedia
1993: Multimedia Porn

Haven't been back since..