Returning to Las Vegas, America’s premier computer convention city, after an interval of more than two decades was a bit of a shock. I thought I knew the city quite well, as I used to fly in on an almost annual basis at one stage.
In a decade of reporting on IT, I’ve never made it to Fall Comdex. I have been to Las Vegas, though, where the event is staged, in my pre-IT existence. It’s the kind of place everyone should visit once, and I had, so there was no dragging me back.
The gloomy US economy extended its cloud over Fall Comdex in Las Vegas last week, sparking rumours that the show ownership might be about to change hands.