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"640K ought to be enough memory for anybody."
Bill Gates, 1981
"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."
Editor in charge of business books, Prentice
Hall, 1957
"There is no reason anyone would want a computer
in their home."
Ken Olson, president, chairman and founder
of digital Equipment Corp., 1977
"This 'telephone' has too many shortcomings to be
seriously considered as a means of communication. The device is inherently
of no value to us."
Western Union Rail and Telegraph, internal
memo, 1876.
"The wireless music box has no imaginable commercial
value. Who would pay for a message sent to nobody in particular?"
David Sarnoff's associates in response
to his urgings for investment in the 'radio' in the 1920s.
"Who wants to hear actors talk"
H.M. Warner, Warner Brothers, 1927.
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