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"I think there is a world market for
as many as 5 computers."
- Thomas Watson, head of IBM, 1943.
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"I can assure you that data
processing is a fad that won't last
out the year."
- Editor of business books for Prentice Hall, 1957.
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“Computers in the future may
weigh no more than 1.5 tons.”
- Popular Mechanics, 1949.
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"There is no reason
anyone would want a
computer in their home."
- Ken Olsen, founder of Digital Equipment Corp, 1977.
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"It would appear we have reached
the limits of what it is possible to
achieve with computer technology.”
- John von Neumann, computer scientist, 1949.
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"Despite the trends to compactness
and lower costs, it is unlikely everyone
will have their own computer any time
soon."
- Stanley Penn, The Wall Street Journal, 1966.
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"But what is a microchip good for?"
- Engineer, Advanced Computing Systems Division, IBM, 1968.
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"I predict the internet will go
spectacularly supernova and
in 1996 catastrophically
collapse."
- Bob Metcalfe, InfoWorld, 1995.
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