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ollie · Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2005 12:13 pm Post subject:

My favourite:

"I think there is a world market for maybe five computers."
-- Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM, 1943

I think we can all say, thankfully, he was wrong!

Nobber · Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2005 4:58 pm Post subject:

What about this?

"Mike Saunders is smaller than I had imagined." --Nobber

I didn't give it much thought when I said it, but given the cheerful mockfest it led to, it was obviously pithier than I could have known at the time.

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M-Saunders · Moderator Joined: Mon Apr 11, 2005 1:14 pm Posts: 2881

Nobber, next time you visit the site, don't be surprised if you see a large, er, 'quote' saying "YOU ARE BANNED". Oh, and the quote may have other side-effects too, such as making the rest of the site inaccessible. And your computer exploding.

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nelz · Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2005 6:58 pm Post subject:

How large? Bigger than you? Wink

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wyliecoyoteuk · Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2005 9:59 pm Post subject:

how about "I expect that there is a world market for about 10 or 12"
IBM president about the first IBM mainframe

EDIT just looked at this again, and saw Ollies quote. Not sure how I missed it sorry Cool

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Nigel · Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2005 12:48 pm Post subject:

"fortune" threw this at me today...

"There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in their home."
- Ken Olson, President of DEC, World Future Society Convention, 1977