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WWDC Sells Out for the First Time in History

cazlar said:
This could be good news for me. I program stuff mostly for personal use at work, but can't justify paying for the full dev program, or to go to WWDC. I've always been envious of the WWDC sessions/videos though as I gather they are pretty useful. Now I can watch them online, hopefully for not too much money.

@ callmemike20:
Yep, live coverage of Keynote usually. But not the rest of the sessions of course.
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Unfortunately they will cost you 'a lot of money'. The only way to watch all the WWDC 2007 sessions is to be a premier member ($3,499) or to have a WWDC ticket to watch the missed sessions afterwards. Last year you could watch the Leopard specific sessions (only) as a select member ($499). Apple also sells a package of sessions targeted to 'IT professionals' at $499 (don't need to be developers I think). I don't know how apple will price the sessions this year – but I suspect they will make a package for iPhone developers at least, but they will most likely not come cheap anyway.

You have to remember the WWDC is completely under NDA and you aren't allowed to even blog about what's happening or is presented – except for the keynote speak. Apple presents a lot of confidential information about future features/releases at WWDC and we all know Apple's policies regarding information about future products... :eek:

But you have all my sympathies! I was in your situation last year and badly wanted to watch the session and other confidential developer documents and information as a "hobby programmer"...

/ Påhl
 
tm1000 said:
Sometimes I wonder how many people actually LISTEN or READ?????

:confused:
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I remember someone once saying something along the lines of...

"We are now living in a post-literate age. It's not that people CAN'T read, it's more that they can't be bothered..."

Wish I could remember who it was!
 
Touche

trevelyn said:
So if you met a guy that could rip a telephone book in half, balance a ladder on his teeth and whistle flight of the bumblebee note for note in 10 seconds the only thing you would question is why he wore a yellow suit?

You need to step back and realize that the entire concept is ridiculous and just simply walk away with understanding you have read something that can not be argued in a logical sense. :D

Anyway. If a tablet and 3G phone is announced and released, I will be buying both! :apple:
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Har har, great post great comeback, write more you make me laugh.
 
All I care about is a 3G iPhone with GPS and a completely overhauled MBP.
Do you think they'll show some 10.6.X features all ready? Maybe a bit early but you never know, just to tease MS :D.
 
imwoblin said:
My little voice is telling me that this WWDC is going to be the best conference in years. I have a hopeful feeling lots of new cutting edge technology will be previewed and introduced.
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I hope so, since Macworld '08 was rather disappointing!
 
gcortega said:
Because everyone can't wait to see the new macbook pros!!! :D:D:D
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wwdc is mostly attended by developers to go to the workshops available there. The ticket price is pretty hefty if u are only interested in the keynote.
 
What's with the hardware predictions?

I don't understand the hardware predictions, except maybe the iPhone. Why would Apple announce hardware updates at a software developer's conference? How does a MacBook Pro update/refresh, new Cinema displaym etc. affect software development?

The only hardware announcements I can understand are new hardware platforms with new features for developers to utilize (some sort of new tablet for example) but most anything else would be outside the scope of a software development conference.

Mind you this all is coming from a non-developer, so is there something I don't understand about the WWDC?
 
softwareish indeed

frdmfghtr said:
The only hardware announcements I can understand are new hardware platforms with new features for developers to utilize (some sort of new tablet for example) but most anything else would be outside the scope of a software development conference...
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how about Macbook pro with way more multitouch gestures...
isn't that a bunch of new feats on the platform ??
or a "Newton" ...also a relatively new platform.
or a new Mighty mouse - with touch interface ??
...etc :D
 
Too much iPhone

Perhaps in the future, Apple will need to host two conferences - one for Mac and another for iPhone.
 
Because there are various people not just Steve doing the keynote, they can't all talk about the same thing (SDK), which leads me to believe that various things hopefully including a new redesigned mini/macbook/pro will be introduced.
 
RoDe said:
All I care about is a 3G iPhone with GPS and a completely overhauled MBP.
Do you think they'll show some 10.6.X features all ready? Maybe a bit early but you never know, just to tease MS :D.
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I agree!
We're due for a 10.6 tease...
They need to give OS X some love with all the iPhone development taking over WWDC. Either way, I don't think it will be as lame as the keynote last year! ;)
 
So what is the "sold-out" number of people?

So what is the "sold-out" number of people? How about some real investigative journalism, MOSR...
 
frdmfghtr said:
I don't understand the hardware predictions, except maybe the iPhone. Why would Apple announce hardware updates at a software developer's conference? How does a MacBook Pro update/refresh, new Cinema displaym etc. affect software development?
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I agree, however, the Mac Pro was introduced at WWDC in 2006.
 
frdmfghtr said:
I don't understand the hardware predictions, except maybe the iPhone. Why would Apple announce hardware updates at a software developer's conference? How does a MacBook Pro update/refresh, new Cinema displaym etc. affect software development?

The only hardware announcements I can understand are new hardware platforms with new features for developers to utilize (some sort of new tablet for example) but most anything else would be outside the scope of a software development conference.

Mind you this all is coming from a non-developer, so is there something I don't understand about the WWDC?
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Simple if the hardware doesn't appeal to consumers enough to purchase ... and sales DROP, where do you think the developers will go? They too have to pay the mortgage, not just lawyers. Adversely if hardware sales pick up - which they have for all mac IMMENSELY the past 4qtrs - obviously significant enough to sell out THIS years WWDC - then more developers and software teams will develop their software for the Mac.

Simple as that. To think that hardware sales and software are not linked is preposturous. Even Microsoft highlights hardware company's on the PC, Mobile smartphone, and UMPC platforms at their developers conference.
 
And they'll keep selling them until they either run out of their stockpile of panels and the Mac userbase stops paying top dollar for obsolete displays.
 
Re: fanboys

bigjohn said:
let's hope it's not all fanboys but actual developers or actual prospective developers
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At about $1300 per attendee, plus $200/night times five nights for a hotel room in San Francisco, plus airfare, plus membership in ADC ($500 or $3000) or iPhone Dev Program ($99 or $299), I doubt there'll be anything but actual developers there.

FWIW, I'm going. My first.

--invalidname
 
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