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To: Dr. Mitchell R. White who wrote (34912)	4/19/2000 12:44:00 PM
From: Gottfried	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 70976

Mitch, the $100B IBM revenue prediction came when we were working on disk drives with 14" platters. I looked up the word hubris today because it describes what leads to such predictions. Encyclop‘dia Britannica hubris in classical Greek ethical and religious thought, overweening presumption suggesting impious disregard of the limits governing human action in an orderly universe. It is the sin to which the great and gifted are most susceptible, and in Greek tragedy it is usually the hero's tragic flaw. Perhaps... search.britannica.com G.