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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: combjelly who wrote (438913)12/7/2008 11:53:25 AM
From: i-node  Respond to of 1574864
 
But, if you know anything about the original PC, you know that IBM just expected it to be a niche product.

Yes, you're right. You, no doubt, remember Thomas Watson's famous quote? Just in case you've forgetten --

(Courtesy the IBM Marketing Department, Headed by Our Very Own Marketing Genius who knows what's wrong at GM, Al)

"I think there is a world market for maybe five computers" - Thomas Watson (former chairman of IBM), 1943.