No Jobs keynote this year either. Not sure how to react to this news:
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2008/12/16macworld.html.
More later…
Update: After giving this a few minutes to sink in, my general feeling is: This is a terrible idea for two reasons:
1) Apple gets a tremendous amount of press around MacWorld and dropping out of the show assumes [...]

Le Web, the annual Internet trade show and conference in Paris spent $137,500 (100,000 Euros) trying to get a stable connection for their speakers, attendees and press room without luck.
This continues to be a major problem for show organizers. I’ve ranted about this so much I’m not sure I have anything left.
Current solutions simply [...]