At the Macintosh Computer Expo more than 25 vendors showed their products. Some were even selling products made for the Mac. This conference was held in Petaluma.
What is astounding to me is that a throw away line at the end of the story seemed to generate the most comments.
“People at the conference are all part of a large family who worship the same thing.
“It’s definitely a cult following,” Hannigan said.”
Many of the commenters said that they would never join a cult about the Mac. It sounds to me that the user groups are missing out on getting their message out. Of course MUGs are not cults and attendees at this show and others are not cultists.
How do we change people’s opinion. If we don’t, we will continue to have out groups get smaller as our current members die off.
Please let me know what you think can be done.
Actually I think that events like MCE expose more people to the idea of getting together to share ideas and methods.
Congratulations to Macintosh Computer Expo and the folks at the North Coast MUG who put it together. This was the 16th annual event and it seems to get bigger every year.
Read the full story with a collection of photos here.
