Famous Predictions…
“Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons.” – Popular Mechanics, 1949
“640K ought to be enough for anybody.” -Bill Gates, Microsoft, 1981
“There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home.” – Ken Olson, Founder of Digital Equipment Corp., 1977
“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 to his project to drill for oil in 1859.
“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 internal memo, 1876.
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