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To: Jody Ritchie who wrote (133)	1/22/1998 3:04:00 PM
From: Jody Ritchie	Respond to of 2733

Famous Last Words "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 "The concept is interesting and well-formed, but in order to earn better than a 'C,' the idea must be feasible." ---A Yale University management professor in response to Fred Smith's paper proposing reliable overnight delivery service. (Smith went on to found Federal Express Corp.) "Who the hell wants to hear actors talk?" ---H.M. Warner, Warner Brothers, 1927 "We don't like their sound, and guitar music is on the way out." ---Decca Recording Co. rejecting the Beatles, 1962 "So we went to Atari and said, 'Hey, we've got this amazing thing, even built with some of your parts, and what do you think about funding us? Or we'll give it to you. We just want to do it. Pay our salary, we'll come work for you.' And they said, 'No.' So then we went to Hewlett- Packard, and they said, 'Hey, we don't need you. You haven't got through college yet.'" ---Apple Computer, Inc., founder Steve Jobs on attempts to get Atari and HP interested in his and Steve Wozniak's personal computer "Everything that can be invented has been invented." ---Charles H. Duell, commissioner, U.S. Office of Patents, 1899 "640K ought to be enough for anybody." ---Bill Gates, 1981