@tfdesign said:
There's no such thing as 'wonder technology'
"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.