No Comdex 2004
Complaining about sluggish attendance, the cab drivers at last year's Comdex convention in Las Vegas were almost universally convinced that the show wouldn't be around this year, as we noted in this post at the time. Turns out they were right. CNet News.com reports today that the November 2004 show has, indeed, been cancelled, although the organizers hope to revive it in 2005. See also the official press release.
The suspension of the legendary show is the end of an era, at least temporarily, for Bill Gates, whose opening Comdex keynote became something of an annual tradition in the technology world. Here's a story we ran in November reflecting on his first Comdex keynote in 1983.
Posted by Todd Bishop at June 23, 2004 10:46 AM