Early Computer Quotes
(Forwards deleted to protect the innocent)
The following is from the business section of The Kansas City Star, Jan 17, 1995:
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 wont 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.
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