On Apr 24, 2013, at 11:08 AM, Carl Hoefs <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Apr 24, 2013, at 9:55 AM, Andy Lee wrote: > >> On Apr 24, 2013, at 12:52 PM, Carl Hoefs <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> https://developer.apple.com/wwdc/tickets/ >>> >>> Tomorrow at 10am, 100,000 iOS and OSX developers will be madly rushing to >>> get 1 of just 5000 tickets, all of which will be gone by 10:05am. >>> >>> Even a lottery or some such would be better, at least there'd be _some_ >>> chance of getting in... >> >> This effectively *is* a lottery, isn't it? Everybody will try at the same >> time, and only chance will decide who succeeds? >> > > That depends also on one's internet speed, refresh acuity, etc. There's _got_ > to be a better way! Everyone dreads the thought of vying for the worm. Can't > see how I'll ever get there at this rate. > > Perhaps Apple should hold a "crowd sourcing" contest of sorts to see who can > come up with the most equitable scheme. The winner, of course, gets a free > pair of tickets ;-) One thing they could do is give the paid developer program members first dibs. I don't have the resources to go this year anyway so it does not affect me this year... And I am glad of that since I have a funeral to go to tomorrow at the same time and wouldn't be able to make the rush anyway. Chad _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list [email protected] http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
