Guest LB Posted August 4, 2003 Report Share Posted August 4, 2003 "Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons."- Popular Mechanics, forecasting the relentless march of science, 1949."I think there is a world market for maybe five computers."- Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM, 1943. (Of all the people, HE shouldhave known better! - ^v^)" I have traveled the length and breadth of this country and talkedwith the best people, and I can assure you that data processing is afad that won't last out the year." - The editor in charge of businessbooks for Prentice Hall, 1957."But what ... is it good for?"- Engineer at the Advanced Computing Systems Division of IBM, 1968,commenting on the microchip." There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home."- Ken Olson, president, chairman and founder of Digital Equipment Corp., 1977. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damo Posted August 4, 2003 Report Share Posted August 4, 2003 :lol:Those people really shouldn't have been in the industrys they were in ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tankus Posted August 4, 2003 Report Share Posted August 4, 2003 bill gates said that he did not see a need for more than 64kb of ram....And just look how rich he is now............!Not easy to predict the future with 20/20.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted August 5, 2003 Report Share Posted August 5, 2003 Who knows what is yet in store? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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