[705] in Humor
HUMOR: Famous Computer Quotes
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Andrew A. Bennett)
Wed Feb 1 00:09:57 1995
To: humor@MIT.EDU
Date: Wed, 01 Feb 1995 00:06:47 EST
From: "Andrew A. Bennett" <abennett@MIT.EDU>
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 95 15:10:01 PST
From: Connie_Kleinjans@Novell.COM (Connie Kleinjans)
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From:"Jay Fry" <jay_fry@compuware.com>
To: "Humor Group" <joanna@nrh.com>
Good for a chuckle and a good reminder of how far things have come and how
fast they change.
The following is from the business section of The Kansas City Star, Jan 17,
1995:
"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.
