On 10 Jan 2005, at 04:24 pm, Keith Whaley wrote: > Wanna bet he just wanted to avoid looking "just plain stupid" and hung > out to dry, like Bill Gates just did? > Live demos are hell on customer confidence and loyalty. I don't that had anything to do with it, After all, we all know nothing ever goes wrong with Macs ;-) -- and I can vouch from several experiences in the audience for Keynotes at Apple Expo in Paris that they are glitch-free. Seriously, though, I suspect it's more to do with the rumour sites having stolen his thunder about what's to be announced. Or it might be as argued at Apple Insider -- <http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=817> which suggests that live webcasts are not worth the outlay. Jim MacCormaic Dublin, Ireland