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Do you dare to predict the future?

·83 words·1 min
Author
Yang Chung

“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