Freak, you might have seen this already but I thought a post of these quotes would be appropriate at HH, the place for not so intelligent discussions.
I can't attest to their validity but they sure make me feel not so unintelligent anyways.
BTW, My brother says that I am so unintelligent that I even have two pieces of paper which I hanging on my wall that confirm it. He say he'd like to know why I spent all that money on those diplomas. Oh well, at least one was reason to visit Southern Illinois University @ Carbondale for HH.
Boyd
"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
"I have traveled the length and breadth of this country and talked with the best people,and I can assure you that data processing is a fad that won't last out the year."
- The editor in charge of business books 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
"This ‘telephone' has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication. The device is inherently of no value to us."
- Western Union internal memo, 1876.
"640K ought to be enough for anybody."
- Bill Gates, 1981 |
