Alex - I guess you kinda echoed my point - having AEE and Internext at the same time is ridiculous - and causes the people that want to go to Internext for the opportunities it provides (networking, making new contacts) totally impossible so it defeats the purpose of Internext. Now having AEE and CES at the same time makes sense - and always has. But remember they always started the last day of Internext in the past so that if people from Internext wanted to stick around they could - for the
Webmasters (which was the original purpose of Internext - the internet part of the business) they got to go to a show for a reasonable cost, do business, and network as well as party, five out awards etc.
Because of the changes in the last year and a half, we now see that less than 10% of the sponsors that cater just to webmasters even bother to show up at Internext anymore, the awards have moved to a different event and the only webmasters that can afford to go are established people that can part with 2k - and thats to go see a show that doesnt help them as much as if they used their icq and posted on boards a little more
Alex - you and I have been going to these for some time, and we always hook up for the gathering of new contacts, the parties(LOL even if you do leave early) and where do we end up most of the time - talking away from the show floor, or at one suite or another playing poker because the show has no attraction whatsoever anymore other than to get us in the same place at the same time
I think Im going to set up a 4 day stint every year at my house where I can house probably 100 people, and just start doing the same thing for free - Ill even get Pussycash to sponsor it LOL
2005-11-05, 05:33 PM
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