Early Computer Quotes

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Date: Fri, 20 Jun 1997 19:49:31 -0400
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From: ConnTech <sufflib@tiac.net>
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Subject: Early Computer Quotes

Real quotes as reported in LaughWeb: http://www.intermarket.net/laughweb/

"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.

" There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home."
- Ken Olson, president, chairman and founder of Digital Equipment Corp., 1977.

[All quotes orginally from the business section of The Kansas City Star,
Jan 17, 1995]

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