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I think both events were ~5000 attendees (likely Moscone's capacity has something to do with this). WWDC has been going on for 15 years, whereas this Google IO
by mcantelon 16y ago
I think both events were ~5000 attendees (likely Moscone's capacity has something to do with this). WWDC has been going on for 15 years, whereas this Google IO was the third. Having been going on for 15 years, there may be more depth of community and, subsequently, more networking value.
- silencio 16y agoI wish this were true. While the networking value of WWDC can't be ignored, I heard something like 60%+ of WWDC attendees this year were first timers, probably because the balance between iPhone and Mac in previous years shifted drastically over to iOS this year, and it's a hot and newer platform than Mac OS X is. Or, how a lot of these new developers were coming over from other platforms, and the value of networking with them is not as high as networking with veterans, many that didn't bother to show up this year because it was so iOS heavy. Assuming, of course, that a large part of "value" is the person's depth of knowledge, interests, and involvement in the community.