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I must be out of touch. A price increase of $99 to $499 is not a "modest increase". Come on.

• damncabbage 15y ago
  I think he was being facetious.
  • georgemcbay 15y ago
    I hope he was, but I'm not certain he was. In any case, I can assure everyone out there who doesn't vacation in the Hamptons that a jump from $99 to $499 is an absolutely huge difference, both practically and psychologically. I'm not sure how he couldn't have predicted this outcome.
  • logjam 15y ago
    No, he wasn't. And as numerous people above pointed out, the price killed the deal.
    • damncabbage 15y ago
      And as numerous people above pointed out, ... Including me ( http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2968214 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2968214 ). I was referring to him calling the price hike a "modest" increase. I read it as him being intentionally inappropriately flippant about the thing that killed the conference (in a mildly humourous and self-effacing manor).