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To: Shawn M. Downey who wrote (30760)	2/25/2004 11:25:04 AM
From: Ken Adams	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 62558

Those are some great quotes. Another I recall hearing several years ago had Bill Gates announcing something like: "There is no need for anyone having more that 64 megs of RAM."

To: Shawn M. Downey who wrote (30760)	2/28/2004 6:53:56 PM
From: Kailash	Respond to of 62558

In his early days at Intel, Andy Grove was approached by an employee who suggested the company start work on a personal computer based on its chips. Skeptical, he asked what a personal computer might do. The employee, searching for a good example, said it could be used to store recipes. Grove thought about the millions he'd have to spend on research, development, and marketing, then considered the imperfect but steady quality of an alphabetized loose-leaf binder. He finally passed on the idea and decided to concentrate on the lucrative business of supplying chips for traffic lights. hotwired.lycos.com