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basher are holder than you could think,just for your fun:
"Computers in the future may weigh no more than 15 tons."
* "Popular Mechanics," forecasting the relentless march of science, 1949.
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"I think there is a world market for maybe five computers."
* Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM, 1943.
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"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.
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"But what...is it good for?"
* Engineer at the Advanced Computing Systems Division of IBM
commenting on the microchip, 1968.
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"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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"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 internal memo, 1876.
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"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.
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"The concept is interesting and well-formed, but in order to earn
better than a 'C,' the idea must be feasible."
* A Yale University management professor in response to Fred Smith's
paper proposing reliable overnight delivery service.
(Smith went on to found Federal Express Corp.)
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Who the hell wants to hear actors talk?"
* Harry M. Warner, Warner Brothers, 1927.

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