COMDEX was a computer expo trade show held in the Las Vegas Valley of Nevada, United States, each November from 1979 to 2003.
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COMDEX was a computer expo trade show held in the Las Vegas Valley of Nevada, United States, each November from 1979 to 2003.
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COMDEX exhibitions were held in many other countries from 1982 to 2005, with 185 shows altogether.
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The first COMDEX was held in 1979 at the MGM Grand, with 167 exhibitors and 3904 attendees.
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COMDEX was started by The Interface Group, whose organizers included Sheldon Adelson, and Richard Katzeff.
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COMDEX was initially restricted to those directly involved in the computer industry.
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Colloquially known as "Geek Week", COMDEX evolved into a major technical convention, with the industry making major product announcements and releases there.
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The first COMDEX Conference, attracted 4000 paying attendees and grew to over 100, 000, becoming a launch platform for key technologies.
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In 2000, major companies such as IBM, Apple, and Compaq decided to discontinue their involvement with COMDEX to allocate resources more efficiently, usually through their own corporate events or other direct-to-consumer selling (Apple Stores), and the bursting of the dot-com bubble caused a decline on the IT market.
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COMDEX event was originally designed to exist only on the internet without a physical meeting location.
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