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Tuesday, 03 January 2006 |
Funny Computer PredictionsComputer predictions from the past that are hilarious now....
'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.'
'But what... is it good for?'
- Engineer at the Advanced Computing Systems division of IBM, commenting
on the microchip, 1968
'640K should be enough for anybody'
'I think there is a world market for maybe five computers'
- Thomas Watson, Chairman of IBM, 1943
'I have travelled 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
'There is no reason why anyone would want a computer in the home'
- Ken Olson, Present, Chairman and founder of Digital Equipment Corporation,
1977
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