Alexandre, sorry that you were ignored at Mark's room, but if the guy who dropped in was a distributor who does significant business (or Mark hoped to do significant business) with, his priority (as would have been mine) goes with the distributor. For CES, manufacturers have to focus on the primary reason they are there for - dealers and distributors. When the show got crowded (in 2007 for example), we would hate it for consumers or individuals to come because it seemed rude to ignore them. This year, I one of my best customers in the US came to the show. Unfortunately, he came in when my Japanese distributors were in the room.
Gary,
I understand it completely, it's just that there are many ways to dismiss someone, or at least, the polite and the impolite way
And you're relating different situations. In one, you were already with your distributions. In such case, the customer would be intruding. At some point, I wanted to chat a bit with the MSB guys, but I noticed Vince was talking to a dealer, so I just let him be, and came back later, no problem.
Then on the other case, the room would be packed, so it's simply impossible to cater to everybody. Again, this was not the case in his room.
Anyway, I just wanted to point that even in Mark's room, there weren't that many people, and that THE Show, overall, must've been even worse, as far as results, than CES proper. Oh, and I wanted to see him demonstrate that Mac software of his, but I just couldn't come back to the Flamingo just for that...
alexandre