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The following was sent to us by Engish Daisy's Mom Sue. Now quite your computing!!
The following was sent to us by Engish Daisy's Mom Sue. Now quite your computing!!
1. "Computers, in the future, may weigh no more than 1.5 tons." -- Popular Mechanics, forecasting the relentless march of science, 1949.
2. "I think there is a world market for, maybe, five computers."-- Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM, 1943.
3. "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.
4. "But what ... is it good for?"-- Engineer at the Advanced Computing Systems Division of IBM, 1968,commenting on the microchip.
5. "There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home." - Ken Olson, president, chairman and founder of Digital EquipmentCorp., 1977.
~Precious Flower~
Haha, isn't it funny how stupid beans can be? They always like to think they know everything.
ReplyDeleteChase
hahahaha silly beans. mommy says they were furry "shortsighted"
ReplyDeleteHi to our bestest furriends!
Oh don't forget the famous Bill Gates quote: "No one will ever need more than 4 mg of memory."
ReplyDeleteThey were not very smart back then I guess.
ReplyDeleteVery funny! Humans can be so silly!
ReplyDeletenumber 2 'specially cracked us up - we've got more than 5 computers in our house! (7 currently hooked up, 5 not)
ReplyDeleteyikes!!! If owr compooter weighed 1.5 tons we fink it wud crash through the floor.
ReplyDeleteTee hee! That's funny. Wonder what they would have said about cats using computers?
ReplyDeleteLuf, Us
And no one thought cats would over take dogs as the number 1 pet in the US either. Shows what they know!
ReplyDeleteTara
Precious what a pretty picture of you!
ReplyDeleteSo funny. Mum has owned or used way more than 5 computers in her life. Plus lots of machines that were based on computers.
ReplyDeleteCute picture Precious.
I liked No. 2, too. That Tom Watson, what a card!
ReplyDeleteI agree with all those points. I'm never getting a computer. There'd be nothing to do with it.
ReplyDeleteNice picture!
Heh. Even Bill Gates wasn't as forward thinking as one might expect. He didn't think anyone would ever need more than 32 megs of RAM in their computer...
ReplyDeleteman were those people stoopid!!
ReplyDeleteahahahahahahaha that's a joke right? What Mom? OMG you mean 'beans really thoughts this? ~Merlin, shadow, Ko KO
ReplyDelete*kitty giggles*
ReplyDeleteThis was very funny!
Abby
This is funny! I guess they didn't realize that we cats / woofies / bunnies / birdies / lizards etc. had so much to say. You know, that is why our beans have computers in our homes.....It can't be any other reason right?
ReplyDeleteWhat fabulous quotes! And from people in the industry. We make no predictions and just take the technology that comes.
ReplyDeleteWe love your expression in the photo.
~J&B