Jobs. What an asshole.

Eric: You’re right. And if you were a long-time Apple user, you’d be used to this by now.

I wrote a blog post about this but I’ll just paste here my personal commentary instead of a link:

This is unfortunate news from our favorite technology company. I have a feeling that IDG World Expo and the Macworld Conference will prevail amidst this news but many people are looking at Macworld Boston 2004 as historical evidence that without Apple, Macworld just isn’t the same. I’d say there’s a draw to Macworld with the fact that Steve Jobs usually takes that stage to deliver a keynote and afterwards, The Apple booth is available to show hands on demos of the newest products. I’m not going to let Macworld Boston 2004 prove that there is no Macworld without Apple because 2004? Expo in Boston was the first year in the city after a long hiatus and I feel that the community was unsure if the conference was going to be worth it. Macworld has always been chock full of fantastic conference sessions, a growing exhibitor list and well worth the money I’ve spent since 2004 to attend.

Have faith and I guarantee Macworld 2010 will be an awesome conference that will be memorable without Apple’s involvement. It’s just a shame that we won’t be able to get up at 3AM to see Steve. Another unfortunate aspect of this year’s Macworld Expo is the absence of Steve himself. Phil Schiller will be delivering the keynote and I know dozens of first time Macworld Attendees are going to email me very soon with their sadness regarding this news. I’ll have no response that will make them happy other than the keynote line may be a little shorter this year.