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From: kaufman@Neon.Stanford.EDU (Marc T. Kaufman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Press policy at MacWorld Expo
Keywords: press, freelancers, no coverage
Message-ID: <1990Jul9.161928.14283@Neon.Stanford.EDU>
Date: 9 Jul 90 16:19:28 GMT
References: <1715@tssi.UUCP> <1990Jul9.005454.333@mthvax.cs.miami.edu> <965@limbo.Intuitive.Com>
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In article <965@limbo.Intuitive.Com> taylor@limbo.Intuitive.Com (Dave Taylor) writes:
>Bob Sherman adds fuel to the fire with:

-> I guess the bottom line with the MacWorld policy is: If your [sic] legit, 
-> you will get in with a press pass just as you have in the past, and if 
-> your [sic] not legit, you will not get in with a press pass as you may 
-> have in the past... 

>Would I pay to get in to a show like MacWorld?  No.  The vendors have
>already, theoretically, paid for members of the press to be able to 
>attend as part of their conference fees (not to mention the cost of 
>printing up their press announcements too; and they're certainly 
>not typically given out to regular attendees)...

It looks like another show will die due to greed on the part of the organizer.
I depend on press coverage for information on shows like MacWorld (or free
passes from participants), because I have a firm policy: *I DON'T PAY MONEY
TO HAVE PEOPLE SELL ME THINGS*.  Having to PAY to get into a show at which
people are trying to SELL ME things has always bothered me.  That's not to
say I don't do it, sometimes.  But it sure makes me less willing to buy.
(PT Barnum keeps comming to mind).