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WE DON'T LIKE THEIR SOUND, AND GUITAR MUSIC IS ON THE WAY OUT.
DECCA RECORDING CO. REJECTING THE BEATLES, 1962
I THINK THERE IS A WORLD MARKET FOR MAYBE FIVE COMPUTERS.
THOMAS WATSON, CHAIRMAN OF IBM, 1943
COMPUTERS IN THE FUTURE MAY WEIGH NO MORE THAN 1,5 TONS.
POPULAR MECHANICS, FORECASTING THE RELENTLESS MARCH OF SCIENCE, 1949
I HAVE TRAVELLED THE LENGHT AND THE 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 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 INTERNTIONAL MEMO, 1876
WHO THE HELL WANTS TO HEAR ACTORS TALK?
H.M. WARNER, WARNER BROTHERS, 1927
HEAVIER-THAN-AIR FLYING MACHINES ARE IMPOSSIBLE.
LORD KELVIN, PRESIDENT, ROYAL SOCIETY, 1895
SO WE WENT TO ATARI AND SAID, 'HEY, WE'VE GOT THIS AMAZING THING, EVEN BUILT WITH SOME OF YOUR PARTS, AND WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT FUNDING US? OR WE'LL GIVE IT TO YOU. WE JUST WANT TO DO IT. PAY OUR SALARY, WE'LL COME WORK FOR YOU.' AND THEY SAID 'NO.' SO WE WENT TO HEWLETT-PACKARD, AND THEY SAID, 'HEY, WE DON'T NEED YOU. YOU HAVEN'T GONE THROUGH COLLAGE YET.'
APPLE COMPUTER INC. FOUNDER STEVE JOBS ON ATTEMPTS TO GET ATARI AND H-P INTERESTED IN HIS AND STEVE WOZNIACS PERSONAL COMPUTER.
DRILL FOR OIL? YOU MEAN DRILL INTO THE GROUND TO TRY AND FIND OIL? YOU'RE CRAZY.
DRILLERS WHO EDWIN L. DRAKE TRIED TO ENLIST HIS PROJECT TO DRILL FOR OIL IN 1859
STOCKS HAVE REACHED WHAT LOOKS LIKE A PERMANENTLY HIGH PLATEAU.
IRVING FISHER, PROFESSOR OF ECONOMICS, YALE UNIVERSITY, 1929
AIRPLANES ARE INTERESTING TOYS BUT OF NO MILITARY VALUE.
MARECHAL FERDINAND FOCH, PROFESSOR OF STRATEGY, ECHOLE SUPERIEURE DE GUERRE
EVERYTHING THAT CAN BE INVENTED HAS BEEN INVENTED.
CARLES H. DUELL, COMMISSIONER, U.S. OFFICE OF PATENTS, 1899
LOUIS PASTEUR'S THEORY OF GERMS IS RIDICULOUS FICTION.
PIERRE PATCHET, PROFESSOR OF PHYSOLOGY AT TOULOUSE, 1872
640K OUGHT TO BE ENOUGH FOR ANYBODY.
BILL GATES, 1981
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