Comments on Sad News, Sorry News About VONTypePad2008-03-27T03:32:41ZAndy Abramsonhttps://andyabramson.blogs.com/voipwatch/tag:typepad.com,2003:https://andyabramson.blogs.com/voipwatch/2008/03/sad-news-sorry/comments/atom.xml/PhillyHugh commented on 'Sad News, Sorry News About VON'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451b99869e200e55205d18588332008-04-30T15:27:51Z2010-11-19T15:53:34ZPhillyHughhttp://profile.typekey.com/NeilGaffney/This is bad news, indeed. Running a publication AND a conference business successfully is no small feat. Hopefully, the closing...<p>This is bad news, indeed. Running a publication AND a conference business successfully is no small feat. Hopefully, the closing of VON's doors is only temporary.</p>PhillyHugh commented on 'Sad News, Sorry News About VON'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451b99869e200e5521cbe9a88342008-04-30T15:24:45Z2010-11-19T15:53:34ZPhillyHughhttp://profile.typekey.com/NeilGaffney/I am saddened by this news, too, and hope it is not true. Running a publication and events business is...<p>I am saddened by this news, too, and hope it is not true. Running a publication and events business is no small feat. This is a competitive industry and it is a shame the economy caused VON to have to close its doors. Hopefully that will only be temporary.</p>Daniel Raffel commented on 'Sad News, Sorry News About VON'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451b99869e200e55181789988332008-03-29T17:51:41Z2008-03-30T16:01:44ZDaniel Raffelhttp://profile.typekey.com/thincvox/Indeed, this is bad news for a ton of folks. VON, and Jeff specifically, has been a pivotal part of...<p>Indeed, this is bad news for a ton of folks. VON, and Jeff specifically, has been a pivotal part of connecting so many people (no pun intended). I hope this isn't true and I wish Jeff the best right now.</p>Phil Wolff commented on 'Sad News, Sorry News About VON'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451b99869e200e5517e3d8488332008-03-28T18:02:38Z2008-03-30T16:02:00ZPhil Wolffhttp://profile.typekey.com/evanwolf/Could VON be reincarnated as a conference-only event? If the tradeshow part is losing money at its current scale, could...<p>Could VON be reincarnated as a conference-only event? If the tradeshow part is losing money at its current scale, could the f2f/conversation part still thrive?</p>