John Gruber of Daring Fireball fame has posted an excellent article on what Macworld Expo was and what it meant to the Macintosh/Apple community.

“Macworld Expo brings together the full spectrum of people involved in this racket. Designers, engineers, marketing guys, managers, the press, and, yes, just plain users. There is nothing else like Macworld Expo, and if it fades away, there will be nothing to take its place. What everyone wishes is that Apple hadn’t done this. That we could plan on coming back next year and have it be the same. But we can’t have that. Apple did pull out. It will never be the same. What it will be, we don’t yet know.”

The article is an excellent read. I’ve never been to a Macworld Expo but it was always something I wanted to do. Without Apple, even if the show survives, I’m not sure it would be worth the effort.

Joseph Henry

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