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Re:Engineer who attended cybersecurity event contracts coron... by wpietri on Tuesday March 10, 2020 @04:52PM (#22539571)
Google doesn't exactly do it for fun, but I'm sure it isn't a significant source of revenue. Given that most corporate conferences are essentially about marketing, the incentive is to be break-even, or even run at a loss. That's very different than people trying to make a living from an event.
Re:Engineer who attended cybersecurity event contracts coron... by topkai22 on Tuesday March 10, 2020 @09:25PM (#22542010)
Yeah, obviously it's not an easy decision, but my definition of "won't even notice" is that it even if it's a $20M write off, it's like 0.06% of their 2019 net income. For a lot of independent events (like SWSX) canceling the event means losing most of their operating budget.