From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!npoiv!npois!houxm!houxa!houxi!houxz!ihnp4!ixn5c!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!uicsl!preece Newsgroups: net.micro Title: Re: The Next Five years in Micros - (nf) Article-I.D.: uiucdcs.1528 Posted: Mon Feb 21 17:45:26 1983 Received: Tue Feb 22 07:12:32 1983 #R:sri-arpa:-47600:uicsl:7000006:000:480 uicsl!preece Feb 21 14:19:00 1983 I would assume the difference between NCC and, say, Worldcon, (aside from something more than a decimal order of magnitude) is that the exhibits are the central aspect of NCC while the hucksters and art show are peripherals aspects of Worldcon. Also, cons are mostly self-contained (i.e., the con is their entire reason for existence) while NCC is a creature of the non-profit entity that runs it, which is a creature of its constituent societies, which are non-profits as well.