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Thread ID: 52495	2004-12-20 20:21:00	Good predictions	Cicero (40)	PC World Chat

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306029	2004-12-20 20:21:00	undefined 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 busi-ness 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "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 .	Cicero (40)
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