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If the automobile had followed the same development cycle as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get a million miles per gallon, and would explode once a year, killing everyone inside.

Robert X. Cringely
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There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home.

Ken Olson - Chairman of Digital Equipment Corporation, speaking in 1977
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Computers make it easier to do a lot of things, but most of the things they make it easier to do don't need to be done.

Andy Rooney
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Computers of the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons.

Popular Mechanics in 1949
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My personal favorite:

I think there is a world market for maybe five computers.

Thomas Watson - Chairman of IBM, speaking in 1943
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Or how about this one: :rolleyes:

640K ought to be enough for anybody.

Bill Gates - Chairman of Microsoft, speaking in 1981
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