"Well-informed people know it is impossible to transmit the voice over wires and that, were it possible to do so, the thing would be of no practical value".-- Excerpt from an 1865 Boston Post editorial.
"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.
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