Just go through some of the comments made then by people about the future of the computer market in different stages of time.
By this, you can get some idea about the power of human creativity & depth of knowledge.
1. "640K ought to be enough for anybody." -- Bill Gates, 1981.
2. Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons."
--Popular
Mechanics, forecasting the relentless march of science, 1949
3. I think there is a world market for maybe five computers." --Thomas
Watson, chairman of IBM, 1943
4. "I have traveled the length and breadth of this country and walked with the best people, and I can assure you that data processing is a fad that
Won't last out the year." --The editor in charge of business books for
Prentice Hall, 1957
5. "But what ... Is it good for?" --Engineer at the Advanced Computing
Systems Division of IBM, 1968, commenting on the microchip.
6. "There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home." --Ken Olson, president, chairman and founder of Digital Equipment Corp., 1977.
7. "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.
8. "The wireless music box has no imaginable commercial value. Who would pay for a message sent to nobody in particular?"
--David Sarnoff's associates
In response to his urgings for investment in the radio in the 1920s.
By this, you can get some idea about the power of human creativity & depth of knowledge.
1. "640K ought to be enough for anybody." -- Bill Gates, 1981.
2. Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons."
--Popular
Mechanics, forecasting the relentless march of science, 1949
3. I think there is a world market for maybe five computers." --Thomas
Watson, chairman of IBM, 1943
4. "I have traveled the length and breadth of this country and walked with the best people, and I can assure you that data processing is a fad that
Won't last out the year." --The editor in charge of business books for
Prentice Hall, 1957
5. "But what ... Is it good for?" --Engineer at the Advanced Computing
Systems Division of IBM, 1968, commenting on the microchip.
6. "There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home." --Ken Olson, president, chairman and founder of Digital Equipment Corp., 1977.
7. "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.
8. "The wireless music box has no imaginable commercial value. Who would pay for a message sent to nobody in particular?"
--David Sarnoff's associates
In response to his urgings for investment in the radio in the 1920s.
