Killing Macworld
I suppose I should really rename this blog or something if I start talking about the tech industry. But didn’t have anywhere else to post. Many people are speculating about Steve Jobs not at Macworld this year.
Aside from all the speculation about his health, and the health of the show, why not just think about it. Even if I had the next iPhone or a super exciting Mac available, or an iPod that did your laundry, I would not announce it at this year’s Macworld. Who in their right minds would release a product now? We’re between administrations. The economy sucks. No banks are making loans. Maybe you’d want to put it on credit and can’t. If something were so awesome, and tanked because of macroeconomic conditions, the company would still be blamed.
Kindof like the unions and the auto industry. But at any rate. I wouldn’t announce anything. Let Obama have a few weeks in office. Maybe wait for the spring equinox. Let a stimulus start working. And if that’s the decision, then don’t have Steve up there announcing nothing. And if that kills the tradeshow, so be it. As a former employee, working on Macworld materials, I have to say that it really sucked to not be able to look forward to Christmas and New Years because you were working so hard. Maybe Steve decided to be humane to his employees.
And for the tech industry to really just not even think about the rest of the economy and its ability to pay for new gadgetry shows a lack of awareness about the world at large.
