Thursday, September 22, 2005

Funny computer predictions from the past

 'I think there is a world market for maybe five computers'

  • Thomas Watson, Chairman of IBM, 1943

 

'While a calculator on the ENIAC is equipped with 10000 vacuum tubes and weighs 30 tons, computers of the future may have only 1000 vacuum tubes and weigh only 1.5 tons.'

  • Popular mechanics, 1949

 

'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'

  • 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, commenting on the microchip, 1968

 

'There is no reason why anyone would want a computer in the home'

  • Ken Olson, Present, Chairman and founder of Digital Equipment Corporation, 1977

 

'640K should be enough for anybody'

  • Bill Gates, 1981

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