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| Computer quotes | |
| "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. "DOS addresses only 1 Megabyte of RAM because we cannot imagine any applications needing more." Microsoft, 1980, on the development of DOS. "Windows NT addresses 2 Gigabytes of RAM which is more than any application will ever need". Microsoft, 1992, on the development of Windows NT. "Windows NT 3.5 is not designed to route packets. . .so your Internet Service Provider cannot be a Windows NT 3.5 box.". Microsoft, 1995, on Win NT RAS (didn't they say NT would take over the Internet?). |