“I think there is a world market for maybe five computers.”
Thomas Watson, Chairman of IBM, 1943
“There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home.”
Ken Olson, President, Chairman, and Founder of Digital Equipment Corporation, 1977
"640k ought to be enough for anyone."
Bill Gates, 1981
"What the hell is \[a microprocessor\] good for?"
Robert Lloyd of IBM’s Advanced Computing Systems Division, 1968
"I see little commercial potential for the Internet for at least ten years."
Bill Gates, 1994