1899 "Everything that can be invented has already been invented.", Charles H. Duell, director of the U.S. Patent Office
1943 "I think there is a world market for maybe five computers.", Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM.
1949 "Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons.", Popular Mechanics, forecasting the relentless march of science.
1957 "I have travelled 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.
1965 Moore’s law published by Gordon Moore in the 35th Anniversary edition of Electronics magazine. Originally suggesting processor complexity every year the law was revised in 1975 to suggest a doubling in complexity every two years.
1968 "But what ... is it good for?" Engineer at the Advanced Computing Systems Division of IBM commenting on the microchip.
1977 "There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home." Ken Olson, president, chairman and founder of Digital Equipment Corp..
1980 "DOS addresses only 1 Megabyte of RAM because we cannot imagine any applications needing more." Microsoft on the development of DOS.
1981 "640k ought to be enough for anybody.", Bill Gates
1992 "Windows NT addresses 2 Gigabytes of RAM which is more than any application will ever need". Microsoft on the development of Windows NT
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